àpropos

See also: apropos, a propos, apropos', and à propos

English

Adjective

àpropos (comparative more àpropos, superlative most àpropos)

1. Alternative form of apropos
   • 1871, Maurice Sand [pseudonym; Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant], translated by S[ophia] A. Da Ponte, “Mark’s Journal”, in Callirhoé. […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Claxton, Remsen, and Haffelfinger, →OCLC, part I, page 49:

     Here was a chance of complimenting her daughter; but I was too stupid to find anything àpropos to say, and only knew how to insist upon my cousin’s merits and charms.

Anagrams

• Sapporo