indecorum

[ in-di-kawr-uhm, -kohr- ]

noun

1. indecorous behavior or character.
2. something indecorous.

indecorum

/ ˌɪndɪˈkɔːrəm /

noun

1. indecorous behaviour or speech; unseemliness

Word History and Origins

Origin of indecorum¹

1565–75; < Latin, noun use of neuter of indecōrus indecorous

Example Sentences

This indecorum excited angry curiosity, and drew down stern remonstrance.

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To reconcile to the virtuous spectator this indecorum, most calamitous woes are first depicted as the consequence of illicit love.

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"The indecorum, Miss Cartwright, has been already committed," said Rosalind.

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And this doubt is strengthened by the singular indecorum of his having addressed himself to Dr. Maltby.

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As a judge of the Supreme Court his incursion into the field of politics, unheralded, but not unprecedented, was an indecorum.

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