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   Dec·o·rous

   /ˈdek(ə)rəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained: "dancing with decorous space between partners"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘appropriate, seemly’): from Latin decorus ‘seemly’ + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. decorously adverb
   • 2. decorousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

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   • S

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