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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apposite /ˈapəzɪt/

▶adjective (especially of language) very appropriate; apt.

– derivatives
appositely adverb,
appositeness noun.

– origin C16: from L. apposit-, apponere ‘apply’.

'apposite' also found in these Oxford entries:

ap- - apposition - point - winged words

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