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Definition of Decorous
1. Adjective. Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct. "The tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
Also: Proper
Derivative terms: Decorousness, Decorum
Antonyms: Indecorous
2. Adjective. According with custom or propriety. "Seemly behavior"
Similar to: Proper
Derivative terms: Becomingness, Decency, Decorousness, Decorum, Seemliness
Definition of Decorous
1. a. 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.
Definition of Decorous
1. Adjective. Marked by proper behavior. (rfex) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decorous
1. proper [adj] - See also: proper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decorous
Literary usage of Decorous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America by Henry Wilson (1875)
"Generally decorous and dignified manner of the debate. — Specimens. — Mr.
Lincoln's appreciation of the gravity of the discussion. ..."
2. Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman by Mary Clemmer (1874)
"decorous Ideas of the Father of His Country— The Government on Its Travels—Transporting
the Household Gods— Keeping Early Hours—Primitive Customs—A ..."
3. The Book of Boston by Robert Shackleton (1916)
"CHAPTER IV * ON THE PRIM, decorous HILL HE streets of Boston are peopled with
shadows of the past; shad- ki_ \ ' )M? ows of those connected with the ..."
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