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Definition of Indecorum

Indecorum
Indecorum In`de*co"rum, n. [Pref. in- not + decorum: cf. L. indecorous unbecoming.] 1. Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness. 2. An indecorous or becoming action. --Young. Syn: Indecorum is sometimes synonymous with indecency; but indecency, more frequently than indecorum, is applied to words or actions which refer to what nature and propriety require to be concealed or suppressed. Indecency is the stronger word; indecorum refers to any transgression of etiquette or civility, especially in public.

Meaning of Indecorum from wikipedia

- Ribes indecorum is a species of currant known by the common names white-flowered currant and white chaparral currant. It is native to the southern California...
- the prologue to his play Amphitryon. The character Mercury, sensing the indecorum of the inclusion of both kings and gods alongside servants in a comedy...
- to men) is understood to have a duty to avoid dishonesty, indecency, indecorum, lawlessness, injustice, unfairness, and cruelty. "Conduct unbecoming...
- lazar house with all its doors and windows open ... Gross, almost putrid indecorum.... Literary carrion.... ****ulous stuff". In 1898 when Ibsen was presented...
- Venetian Holy Inquisition. Veronese was called to answer for irreverence and indecorum, and the serious offense of heresy was mentioned. Originally this painting...
- JSTOR 288870.; cited in Pyles, Thomas (1949). "Innocuous Linguistic Indecorum: A Semantic Byway". Modern Language Notes. 64 (1): 2 fn.4. doi:10.2307/2909241...
- "when once its significacio has been seen, can hardly be quoted without indecorum", that is, it has a ****ual meaning. He adds that the poem displays a "peculiarly...
- JSTOR 30044827. S2CID 218543413. Pyles, Thomas (1949). "Innocuous Linguistic Indecorum: A Semantic Byway". Modern Language Notes. 64 (1). The Johns Hopkins University...
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- presence of what Church doctrine considered characters, animals, and indecorum extraneous to an image of the Last Supper of the Christ. The tribunal's...