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View synonyms for indecorum
indecorum
[ in-di-kawr-uhm, -kohr- ]
noun
- indecorous behavior or character.
- something indecorous.
indecorum
/ ˌɪndɪˈkɔːrəm /
noun
- indecorous behaviour or speech; unseemliness
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indecorum1
1565–75; < Latin, noun use of neuter of indecōrus indecorous
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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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