apropos
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apropos
- /ˌæp.ɹəˈpəʊ/ UK
- /ˌæp.ɹəˈpoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French à propos (“on that subject”).
Similar in meaning and form, and to some extent etymology, to appropriate, but not a doublet of it.
adjective more apropos · most apropos · à propos · àpropos
- Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. Nothing easier. I received not long ago a map from my friend, Augustus Petermann, at Leipzig. Nothing could be more apropos.
- By the way, incidental. Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. "No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to [C. Auguste] Dupin," he observed. "Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of breaking in on his friends' thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an
preposition à propos · àpropos
- Regarding, concerning, in regard to, on the subject of. "Go on, Uncle Max," said Nora pleasantly. "I like to watch your exceptional mind at work. Apropos the disappearance of Geoffrey, and that big old lonely house, you were saying—?"
adverb à propos · àpropos
- By the way.
- Timely; at a good time.
- To the purpose; appropriately.
noun à propos · àpropos
- Fittingness, pertinence.
