apropos

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Kemper was trying to converse with us, but as his apropos was as unintelligible as it was inopportune, I pretended not to hear him.

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  1. adjective Being at once opportune and to the point. See Synonyms at relevant.
  2. adverb At an appropriate time; opportunely.
  3. adverb By the way; incidentally: Apropos, where were you yesterday?
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  • These reflections, so apropos, agitated me to such a degree as to make me shed tears. —  The Confessions of J J Rousseau
  • This resource never came more apropos, nor was it ever so fertile. —  The Confessions of J J Rousseau
  • For a while we caught a glimpse of him through one of the windows, and there's been sounds like someone breaking stuff. —  Corpse in the Abstract
  • Lysander felt it orienting on him, entering him, drawing him out of himself. —  Phaze Doubt
  • Kemper was trying to converse with us, but as his apropos was as unintelligible as it was inopportune, I pretended not to hear him. —  Police!!!
 

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  1. French à propos : à, to (from Old French a, from Latin ad-; see ad-) + propos, purpose (from Latin prōpositum, neuter past participle of prōpōnere, to intend; see propose).

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  1. from French à propos, to the purpose: à, to, with reference to, from Latin ad, to; propos, purpose, from Latin propositum, a thing proposed: see purpose and propose.
 

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