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Decorum
De-cor′um
,Noun.
Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one’s own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable.
Negligent of the duties and
decorums
of his station. Hallam.
Decorum, in accordance with its etymology, is that which is becoming in outward act or appearance;
as, the
. Dignity springs from an inward elevation of soul producing a corresponding effect on the manners; decorum
of a public assemblyas,
. dignity
of personal appearanceWebster 1828 Edition
Decorum
DECO'RUM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
decorum
decorum
See also: décorum
English
Noun
decorum (countable and uncountable, plural decorums)
- (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
- 2010 — Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like, ch. 4
- It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.
- 2010 — Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like, ch. 4
- (countable) A convention of social behavior
Related terms
Translations
appropriate social behavior; propriety
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a convention of social behavior
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Latin
Noun
decōrum
- genitive plural of decor
Adjective
decōrum
- nominative neuter singular of decōrus
- accusative masculine singular of decōrus
- accusative neuter singular of decōrus
- vocative neuter singular of decōrus
References
- decorum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers