Propper
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- propper: something or someone that props up or supports
- Propf: (German) cork
- Aryan/Iranian: Persic-Persian. Aryan - "AR" meaning "propper. The ancient Iranian-Persians derive their name from their word for "proper" as in fitting, their "propper numen" in antiquity.
- Amalia Popper: JJ's "malady proper": hidden hints of his feelings for his erstwhile student in Trieste; she was part of the inspiration for Molly Bloom (see Ellmann and JJ's Giacomo Joyce. This footnote from here reads like a secret love letter from Joyce to Popper.
