decorous
Meanings
Adjective
- characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
- "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
Adjective Satellite
- according with custom or propriety
Adj
- Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly.
- Appropriate, suitable.
Origin / Etymology
From the following:
* Latin decōrus (“becoming, fitting, proper, suitable”) + English -ous (suffix adjectives denoting presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance). Decōrus is derived from decor (“elegrance, grace; charm beauty”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives); and decor is from decēre, the present active infinitive of decet (“to adorn; to be decent; to be proper or suitable”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to perceive; to take”).
* Possibly also influenced by Late Latin decorōsus (“beautiful; elegant”), from decoris + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of’ forming adjectives from nouns). Decoris is the genitive singular of decus (“beauty, grace, ornament, splendour; distinction, glory, honour”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”), from *deḱ- (see above).
Synonyms
apposite, appropriate, apt, becomed, becoming, chaste, comely, comme il faut, commensurate, continent, correct, decent, decorous, delicate, desertful, deserving, duteous, dutiful, expedient, felicitous, fit, fit for purpose, fitting, gainand, good, honest, idoneous, in line, innocent, likely, meet, menseful, meritorious, modest, moral, noble, opportune, proper, right, right-minded, righteous, seemly, sensible, sortable, straight, suitable, tidy, up to standard, virtuous, well-intentioned, whole-souled, worthy
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
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