Definition of "apropos of nothing" [apropos of nothing]

• Without reference to anything. (phrase)
• Without any apparent reason or purpose. (phrase)

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• "And again, later, apropos of nothing but what one guessed from the dreamer's expressive face, he said: "I had remembered it as so much larger" -- indicating the square -- "until I saw it again when we came down with the army.""