Associations to the word «Impropriety»

Wiktionary

IMPROPRIETY, noun. (uncountable) The condition of being improper.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. (countable) An improper act.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. Improper language.

Dictionary definition

IMPROPRIETY, noun. An improper demeanor.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. The condition of being improper.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. An indecent or improper act.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. An act of undue intimacy.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras