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decorousness
(encz) | decorousness, |
Decorousness
(gcide) | Decorous \Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s;
277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin
to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.]
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion;
marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as,
a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a
judge.
[1913 Webster]
A decorous pretext the war. --Motley.
-- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.
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decorousness
(wn) | decorousness
n 1: propriety in manners and conduct [syn: decorum,
decorousness] [ant: indecorousness, indecorum] |
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indecorousness
(encz) | indecorousness, n: |
Decorousness
(gcide) | Decorous \Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s;
277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin
to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.]
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion;
marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as,
a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a
judge.
[1913 Webster]
A decorous pretext the war. --Motley.
-- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Indecorousness
(gcide) | Indecorousness \In`de*co"rous*ness\, n.
The quality of being indecorous; lack of decorum.
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indecorousness
(wn) | indecorousness
n 1: a lack of decorum [syn: indecorum, indecorousness]
[ant: decorousness, decorum] |
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