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apropos

ap·ro·pos

UK/ˌæp.ɹəˈpəʊ/ US/ˌæp.ɹəˈpoʊ/ rare obsolete
adjective (1) adverb (2)

adjective

1.

of an appropriate or pertinent nature

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adverb

1.

by the way

  • “apropos, can you lend me some money for the weekend?”
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2.

(of a ship or an airplane) behind

  • “we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide”
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Origin

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.

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