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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Decorous (0.00970 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Decorous.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: decorous
tahu adat
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: decorous
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Decorous
Decorous
\Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s;
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.
[1913 Webster]
A decorous pretext the war. --Motley.
--
De*co"rous*ly, adv. --
De*co"rous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
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