Meanings
adjectiveproprietorial (comparative more proprietorial, superlative most proprietorial)
comparative more proprietorial · superlative most proprietorial
- Of or pertaining to ownership.
- Characteristic of or behaving like a proprietor or owner (of a thing); possessive.
“I'm pretty sure he did, Felix.” There was a proprietorial note in Rose's voice, to which I objected.
2006, Elizabeth Buchan, Wives Behaving Badly, →ISBN1 more example
A superficially handsome young fellow had his arm round her, and he barred my way and told me something in proprietorial Flemish.
2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 483
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Origin
- Englishproprietor
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishproprietorial
From proprietor + -ial.
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Rhymes with proprietorial
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APA
proprietorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proprietorial
MLA
“proprietorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proprietorial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proprietorial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proprietorial.
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