Special; peculiar; belonging to a species or individual and to nothing else; springing from the peculiar nature of a given species or individual; particularly suited to or befitting one's nature; natural; original.Belonging to one; one's own.Fit; suitable; appropriate.According to recognized usage; correct; just: as, a proper word; a proper expression.Rightly so called, named, or described; taken in a strict sense: in this sense usually following the noun: as, the apes proper belong to the Old World; no shell-fish are fishes proper.Decent; correct in behavior; respectable; such as should be: as, proper conduct.Well-formed; good-looking; personable; handsome; also, physically strong or active.In heraldry, having its natural color or colors: said of any object used as a bearing: thus, a coil of rope proper is represented brown, and the spiral lines of the cordage are indicated.In liturgics, used only on a particular day or festival, or during a particular octave or season: as, the proper introit; a proper preface; proper psalms.Fine; pretty: said ironically of what is absurd or objectionable.Becoming; deserved.Synonyms Particular, individual, specific.3 and Fitting, befitting, meet, seemly, becoming, legitimate.n. That which is set apart to special or individual use.n. A property in the logical sense.Properly; very; exceedingly.To appropriate.To make proper; adorn.In geometry, not figurative; not at infinity: as, proper points.