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View synonyms for indecorum

indecorum

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

noun

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


indecorum

/ ˌɪndɪˈkɔːrəm /

noun

  1. indecorous behaviour or speech; unseemliness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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

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

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

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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