单词 | decorum |
释义 | decorum/dɪˈkɔːrəm![]() noun [mass noun] 1Behaviour in keeping with good taste and propriety: he had acted with the utmost decorum...
Synonyms propriety, properness, seemliness, decency, decorousness, good taste, correctness, appropriateness, appropriacy; politeness, courtesy, good manners; refinement, breeding, deportment, dignity, respectability, modesty, demureness 1.1Etiquette: he had no idea of funeral decorum...
Synonyms etiquette, protocol, customary behaviour, good form, custom, convention, conformity, conventionality, usage, ritual; formalities, niceties, punctilios, politeness; French politesse informal the thing to do humorous couth 1.2 (decorums) archaic Particular requirements of good taste and propriety.Eighteenth-century novelists, such as William Goodall in his Adventures of Captain Greenland, frequently invoked Shakespeare as a precursor because he was felt to break literary decorums in much the same way as did the new form....
1.3 archaic Suitability to the requirements of a person, rank, or occasion.Since Nabokov showed no sign of responding, one of the witnesses "and he was echt deutsch, real German" tried to hint at the required decorum. OriginMid 16th century (as a literary term, denoting suitability of style): from Latin, neuter of the adjective decorus 'seemly'. Rhymes |
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