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- DictionaryDe·co·rum/dəˈkôrəm/
noun
- 1. behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety: "you exhibit remarkable modesty and decorum"
The meaning of DECORUM is literary and dramatic propriety : fitness. How to use decorum in a sentence. literary and dramatic propriety : fitness; propriety and good taste in conduct or appearance; orderliness…
fml us / dɪˈkɔr·əm, -ˈkoʊr·əm / Add to word list. behavior that is socially correct, calm, and polite: The witness endured the lawyer’s badgering with remarkable decorum. (Definition of decorum from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun. dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc. Synonyms: politeness, dignity. the quality or state of being decorous, or exhibiting such dignified propriety; orderliness; regularity. Usually decorums. an observance or requirement of polite society. decorum. / dɪˈkɔːrəm /.
fml us / dɪˈkɔr·əm, -ˈkoʊr·əm / Add to word list. behavior that is socially correct, calm, and polite: The witness endured the lawyer’s badgering with remarkable decorum. (Definition of decorum from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Decorum is proper and polite behavior. If you let out a big belch at a fancy dinner party, you're not showing much decorum . This noun is from Latin decōrus "proper, becoming, handsome," from décor "beauty, grace," which is also the source of English décor .
Definition of decorum noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The appropriateness of an element of an artistic or literary work, such as style or tone, to its particular circumstance or to the composition as a whole. [Latin decōrum, from decōrus, becoming, handsome; see decorous .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
