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indecorum

American  
[in-di-kawr-uhm, -kohr-] / ˌɪn dɪˈkɔr əm, -ˈkoʊr- /

noun

  1. indecorous behavior or character.

  2. something indecorous.

indecorum British  
/ ˌɪndɪˈkɔːrəm /

noun

  1. indecorous behaviour or speech; unseemliness

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Etymology

Origin of indecorum

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

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Indecorum animatis ut calceis uti aut vitris, quae ubi fracta abjicimus, nam ut de meipso dicam, nec bovem senem vendideram, nedum hominem natu grandem laboris socium.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

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