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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-kawr-uhm, -kohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkɔr əm, -ˈkoʊr- |
Definition of decorum
Origin :- 1560s, from Latin decorum "that which is seemly," noun use of neuter of adjective decorus "fit, proper," from decor (see decor).
- noun appropriate behavior, good manners
- Lady Sarah Lidhurst was precisely as sorry as decorum required.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- This evening some decorum was observed, there wasn't too much gorging.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Such a breach of delicacy and decorum never did I witness before.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- His victory made him uneasy, yet he saw no way of abandoning it with decorum.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- It was then that he lost the decorum and restraint a man keeps up for his own sake.
- Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
- It was done neatly, with great decency and decorum, and with little noise.
- Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
- Cassy was as indifferent to other people's conceptions of decorum as he was himself.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- Since you have a taste for the conventional and decorum you shall have them.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- But he could not transfer to his pictures a decorum and a common sense that had no place in his mind.
- Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
- He had at any rate done his fortune-hunting, if fortune-hunting it were, with decorum.
- Extract from : « Marriage la mode » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Synonyms for decorum
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