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Etymology

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From the following:[1]

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Adjective

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decorous (comparative more decorous, superlative most decorous)

  1. Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly.
    Synonyms: (obsolete) becomed, (UK, dialectal) menseful; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
    Antonyms: (obsolete) dedecorous, indecorous, undecorous
  2. (obsolete) Appropriate, suitable.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:suitable
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:unsuitable
    • 1664, H[enry] More, chapter IV, in Synopsis Prophetica; or, The Second Part of the Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity: [], London: [] James Flesher, for William Morden [], →OCLC, book I, page 225:
      [B]oth the truth vvhich the Prophecy aims at is faithfully conveyed, and that decorous embelliſhment in the external Cortex of the Prophecy punctually obſerved.
    • 1680, Henry More, chapter VIII, in Apocalypsis Apocalypseos; or The Revelation of St John the Divine Unveiled. [], London: [] J. M. for J[ohn] Martyn, and W. Kettilby, [], →OCLC, paragraph 10, page 75:
      And it is no vvonder this falling Star or Comet ſhould be looked upon as ſo miſchievous to Rivers and VVaters, vvhen Natural Hiſtory ſpeaks of falling Comets that have drunk up vvhole Rivers; ſo decorous is the repreſentation.
    • 1691, John Ray, “The Cartesian Hypothesis Considered and Censured”, in The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. [], London: [] Samuel Smith, [], →OCLC, page 39:
      [] It is not ſo decorous in reſpect of God, that he ſhould αὐτουργεῖν ἅπαντα [autourgeîn hápanta], ſet his ovvn hand as it vvere to every vvork, and immediately do all the meaneſt and triflingſt things himſelf drudgingly, vvithout making uſe of any inferior or ſubordinate Miniſters.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 decorous, adj.”, in OED Online  , Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023; decorous, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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