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2 definitions found 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]: decorous adj 1: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme" [ant: {indecorous}] 2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: {becoming}, {comely}, {comme il faut}, {decent}, {seemly}]
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