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decorous

adj
/ˈdɛkəɹəs/US

Etymology

From the following: * Latin decōrus (“becoming, fitting, proper, suitable”) + English -ous (suffix adjectives denoting presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance). Decōrus is derived from decor (“elegrance, grace; charm beauty”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives); and decor is from decēre, the present active infinitive of decet (“to adorn; to be decent; to be proper or suitable”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to perceive; to take”). * Possibly also influenced by Late Latin decorōsus (“beautiful; elegant”), from decoris + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of’ forming adjectives from nouns). Decoris is the genitive singular of decus (“beauty, grace, ornament, splendour; distinction, glory, honour”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”), from *deḱ- (see above).

  1. derived from *déḱos✻ — “that which is proper”
  2. derived from decorōsus — “beautiful; elegant”
  3. derived from *deḱ-✻ — “to perceive; to take”
  4. derived from decōrus — “becoming, fitting, proper, suitable”

Definitions

  1. Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with…

    Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly.

    • The narrovv path of truth and virtue inclines neither to the right nor left—it is a ſtraightforvvard buſineſs, and they vvho are earneſtly purſuing their road, may bound over many decorous prejudices, vvithout leaving modeſty behind.
    • [S]ome grumbling voice, / Which now and then will make a slight inroad / Upon decorous silence, […]
    • There came a day when the round of decorous pleasures and solemn gaieties in which Mr. Jos Sedley’s family indulged, was interrupted by an event which happens in most houses.

  2. Appropriate, suitable.

    • [B]oth the truth vvhich the Prophecy aims at is faithfully conveyed, and that decorous embelliſhment in the external Cortex of the Prophecy punctually obſerved.
    • And it is no vvonder this falling Star or Comet ſhould be looked upon as ſo miſchievous to Rivers and VVaters, vvhen Natural Hiſtory ſpeaks of falling Comets that have drunk up vvhole Rivers; ſo decorous is the repreſentation.

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Derived

decorously, decorousness, indecorous, undecorous

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA