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Webster 1913 Edition


Indecorous

Inˊde-co′rous

(?; 277)
,
Adj.
[L.
indecorous
. See
In-
not, and
Decorous
.]
Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place;
as,
indecorous
conduct
.
Syn. – Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse; impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.

Webster 1828 Edition


Indecorous

INDEC'OROUS

,
Adj.
[L. indecorus; in and decor, decus, deceo, to become.] Unbecoming; violating good manners; contrary to the established rules of good breeding, or to the forms of respect which age and station require. It is indecorous in a young person to take the highest place in company, when his superiors are present. Indecorous is sometimes equivalent to indecent; but it is less frequently applied to actions which offend modesty and chastity.