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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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 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
Scarcely was this letter sealed and addressed than he bethought him of the awkwardness of presenting Tom to his brother-officers, or the still greater indecorum of not presenting him.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
It would be the height of indecorum for him to approach nearer, to seek to speak with her within the walls of her own home, even in the presence of her father and mother.
From Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future by Arthur D. Hall
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