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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]: decorousness n : propriety in manners and conduct [syn: {decorum}] [ant: {indecorum}, {indecorum}]
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