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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
decorousness
n : propriety in manners and conduct [syn: {decorum}] [ant: {indecorum},
{indecorum}]
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