to offend the proprieties
1rude — 1 Rude, rough, crude, raw, callow, green, uncouth mean deficient in the qualities that make for finish or for perfection in development or in use. Rude, as applied to men and their minds, suggests a comparatively low state of culture or a dearth… …
2Elizabeth Bennet — JAustenCharacter Name= Elizabeth Bennet caption= Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet Fullname= Elizabeth Bennet Gender= Female Age= 20 Occupation= Daughter of a gentleman; later Chatelaine of Pemberley PrimaryResidence= Longbourn in Hertfordshire …
3Uchida, Shungiku — ▪ 1995 In Japan, as elsewhere, success was part luck, part talent, and part hard work. For singer, dancer, author, and cartoonist Shungiku Uchida, it also included a calculated flouting of social proprieties to shock her devotees. In 1994… …
