indecorum
Americannoun
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indecorous behavior or character.
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something indecorous.
noun
Etymology
Origin of indecorum
1565–75; < Latin, noun use of neuter of indecōrus indecorous
Example Sentences
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The bylaws forbade "indecorum," wearing caps or hats at meetings, smoking and "violent language."
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet that is what a crowd did at St. Louis last week and, curiously enough, its indecorum was too inevitable to be reprehended.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up the steps of the Royal Palace in Bucharest bounded Dr. Maniu with a stride swift and confident to the point of indecorum.
From Time Magazine Archive
The subordinate character is never guilty of the indecorum of praising his principal.
From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Joel Moody
In the excitement of professional altercation with counsel respecting the ages of certain persons concerned in a suit, he committed the indecorum of saying aloud, "I'll lay you a bottle of wine."
From A Book About Lawyers by John Cordy Jeaffreson
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