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Latin
Etymology
From in- + properō.
Pronunciation
Verb
improperō (present infinitive improperāre, perfect active improperāvī, supine improperātum); first conjugation
- (intransitive, literally) to enter hastily upon
- (transferred senses):
- (intransitive) to reproach, outrage, or insult
- (transitive) to impute (something to someone), to ascribe (something blameworthy to someone)
Conjugation
References
- “impropero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impropero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- imprŏpĕro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 786/3.
- Jan Frederik Niermeyer, Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus : Lexique Latin Médiéval–Français/Anglais : A Medieval Latin–French/English Dictionary, fascicle I (1976), page 516/1, “improperare”