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dedecorous

dedecorous adjective: disgraceful; unbecoming.

Adjective

dedecorous (comparative more dedecorous, superlative most dedecorous)

  1. (obsolete) disgraceful; unbecoming
    • he took courage to proceed to greater and more dedecorous and base practises1664, James Howell, Florus Hungaricus Or The history of Hungaria and Transylvania

Forms of dedecorous

comparativemore dedecorous
superlativemost dedecorous

Origin of dedecorous

From Latin dedecorus. See decorous.

Questions about dedecorous

What does dedecorous mean?
Dedecorous means disgraceful; unbecoming.
What part of speech is dedecorous?
Dedecorous is an adjective.

Words near dedecorous in the dictionary

  1. dedecorate
  2. dedecorated
  3. dedecorates
  4. dedecorating
  5. dedecoration
  6. dedecorous
  7. Dededo
  8. Dedeian
  9. Dedeians
  10. Dedekind
  11. Dedekind cut

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