Definition of Decorous. Meaning of Decorous. Synonyms of Decorous

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Definition of Decorous

Decorous
Decorous De*co"rous (?; 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. A decorous pretext the war. --Motley. -- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.

Meaning of Decorous from wikipedia

- Decorum (from the Latin: "right, proper") was a principle of classical rhetoric, poetry, and theatrical theory concerning the fitness or otherwise of a...
- character, rectitude, dignity, a sense of what is right, responsible, decorous". The term is used as a high compliment, implying the rarity and value...
- and Diana's fashion mentor. Her fashion sense originally incorporated decorous and romantic elements, with pastel shades and lush gowns. Elements of her...
- visible when the two pink outer petals are pulled apart. Their shape inspired the common name "lady-in-a-bath" and the more decorous "Our Lady in a boat"...
- Screen Daily saw an echo of The Lunchbox movie and wrote "The delicate, decorous nature of the relationship is sweetly captured. Hazarika encourages our...
- perceived as parochial orientalism. They fashioned a Judaism that was decorous and strictly rational (according to 19th-century European standards), denigrating...
- straw hat, brings to life the ravenous ****uality beneath Miss Quested's decorous exterior." She returned to Australian cinema for her next two films, Kangaroo...
- brother Amarnath, who managed her career, stated that she always performed decorous roles and same would be the case in Bollywood. Soundarya said that she...
- FBI studied her memoir and concluded that her "selfless, magnanimous, decorous attitude is belied by ... [her] actual shrewd, calculating, businesslike...
- of Augustan drama encouraged far less intense, more sentimentalised and decorous depictions of Ophelia's madness and ****uality. From Mrs Lessingham in 1772...