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Definition of Indecorum

1. Noun. A lack of decorum.

Definition of Indecorum

1. n. Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.

Definition of Indecorum

1. Noun. Indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous ¹

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Definition of Indecorum

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indecorum

Literary usage of Indecorum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"I. indecorum, impropriety, unseemliness, offensiveness, outrageousness. ... Act of indecorum, breach of decorum, breach of propriety, violation of propriety ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... as his jests have been free from every suspicion of coarseness or indecorum. ... As an actor, within a somewhat narrow range of impersonation, ..."

3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1804)
"In ict, notwithstanding the indecorum which Huet so warmly holds up to vengeance, we have again looked over the work, and see very little to reprehend. ..."

4. The History of Pennsylvania: From Its Discovery by Europeans, to the by Thomas Francis Gordon (1829)
"... and treat him with great indecorum----The province divided into two parties under Logan and Lloyd—Governor applies in vain to the assembly, ..."

5. The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris by John Carr (1806)
"... Jack and En- • * *• J*&n'—indecorum.—The aged Captain.—Military • Mors. ... indecorum ..."

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