See Also: decorous(dictionary)
decorous(dictionary)

decorous (iou)



decorous adjective. M17.
[from Latin decorus + -OUS.]
Appropriate, seemly. M-L17.
Characterized by decorum; not violating good taste or propriety; dignified and decent. L17.
J. I. M. Stewart Junior Ministers..probably keep more..decorous company than writers do. I. McEwan Their greetings were intimate yet restrained, decorous.
? Pronunc. after Latin with stress on 2nd syll. was formerly common but is now old-fashioned.
decorously adverb in a decorous manner; with decorum: E19.
decorousness noun L17.