decorousness
NounSynonyms:
decorum
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- propriety in manners and conductSynonyms: decorumOpposite indecorousnessType of propriety, propernessKinds becomingness
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“decorousness” is listed under Decorous.
Dec′or·ous (dĕk′ōr-ŭs or dē-kō′rŭs; 277), adjective
Origin: L. decōrus, 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.— John Lothrop Motley
— De·co′wb-a1′>′rous·ly, adverb — De·co′wb-a1′>′rous·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54