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Webster 1913 Edition

Indecorum

Inˊde-co′rum

,
Noun.
[Pref.
in-
not +
decorum
: cf. L.
indecorous
unbecoming.]
1.
Lack of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.
Syn. – Indecorum is sometimes synonymous with indecency; but indecency, more frequently than indecorum, is applied to words or actions which refer to what nature and propriety require to be concealed or suppressed. Indecency is the stronger word; indecorum refers to any transgression of etiquette or civility, especially in public.

Webster 1828 Edition

Indecorum

INDECO'RUM

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Noun.
[L. in and decorum.] Impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, or the duties of respect which age or station requires; an unbecoming action. It is sometimes synonymous with indecency; but indecency, more frequently than indecorum, is applied to words or actions which refer to what nature and propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.

Definition 2024

indecorum

indecorum

English

Noun

indecorum ‎(usually uncountable, plural indecorums)

  1. Indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous
    • 1823, Charles Lamb, “Letter 305”, in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6):
      I hope your eyes are better, but if you must spare them, there is nothing in my pages which a Lady may not read aloud without indecorum, which is more than can be said of Shakspeare.
    • 1917, Douglas Fairbanks, Laugh and Live:
      This will be done decently and in good order--our training will admit of no indecorum.
    • 1921, Lytton Strachey, Queen Victoria:
      Not only were its central personages the patterns of propriety, but no breath of scandal, no shadow of indecorum, might approach its utmost boundaries.

Latin

Adjective

indecōrum

  1. nominative neuter singular of indecōrus
  2. accusative masculine singular of indecōrus
  3. accusative neuter singular of indecōrus
  4. vocative neuter singular of indecōrus

Etymology

From Latin indecōrum, neuter substantive of indecōrus.

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