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decorum


noun

  1. dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
  2. the quality or state of being decorous, or exhibiting such dignified propriety; orderliness; regularity.
  3. Usually decorums. an observance or requirement of polite society.

Latin.

  1. sweet and fitting it is to die for one’s country.

noun

  1. propriety, esp in behaviour or conduct
  2. a requirement of correct behaviour in polite society
n.

1560s, from Latin decorum “that which is seemly,” noun use of neuter of adjective decorus “fit, proper,” from decor (see decor).

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