Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decorous
adj 1: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in
manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the
extreme" [ant: {indecorous}, {indelicate}]
2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty";
"comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman
to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial";
"seemly behavior" [syn: {becoming}, {comely}, {comme il
faut}, {decent}, {decorous}, {seemly}]
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