Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Middle English forms of proper, property.

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  • adjective Obsolete form of proper.

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Examples

  • What, for Canadian amour propre, is more irritating is that coincidentally "spotted fever" was reported as breaking out in other parts of England.

    War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps John George 1918

  • Small differences often grow into great quarrels, and honest differences of opinion frequently produce controversies in which national amour propre is involved and national honor, dignity, and prestige are supposed to be at stake.

    Elihu Root - Nobel Lecture 1912

  • The phrase amour-propre since 'propre' means clean elides 'self-love' and 'clean-love'.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Adam Roberts Project 2007

  • The phrase amour-propre since 'propre' means clean elides 'self-love' and 'clean-love'.

    Self-love Adam Roberts Project 2007

  • Napoleon's representations as to her being "propre": but at last he acknowledged his marriage with Madame Jouberthon.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

  • As for Lucien, he objected to his brother that the Queen was ugly, and laughed at Napoleon's representations as to her being "propre": but at last he acknowledged his marriage with Madame Jouberthon.

    The Memoirs of Napoleon Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de 1836

  • Napoleon's representations as to her being "propre": but at last he acknowledged his marriage with Madame Jouberthon.

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 07 Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • Napoleon's representations as to her being "propre": but at last he acknowledged his marriage with Madame Jouberthon.

    Memoirs of Napoleon — Complete Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne 1801

  • "propre" maintenant qu'il a été nettoyé de toute humanité et réduit à un code-barre SS (Sécu Soc) (sécurité sociale, ndlr).

    Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert

  • He might take offense at well-intentioned advice and sulk for months, refusing to talk to those who had wounded his amour propre.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

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