apropos

Definition

Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "Nothing easier. I received not long ago a map from my friend, Augustus Petermann, at Leipzig. Nothing could be more apropos."
• "A particularly apropos line many will remember from this film was the closing shot of a Times editorial reading "Is There No Sense of Decency?""
• "Served outside the shell and sliced in bite-sized pieces, it's as apropos for a first date as a business dinner."