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English
Etymology
From Latin improperare.
Noun
improperation (plural improperations)
- (obsolete) A reproach; an instance of upbraiding or contumely.
1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio, published 2007, page 6:for, omitting those improperations and termes of scurrility betwixt us [...]there is between us one common name and appellation, one faith