indecorum
indecorum noun: indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous.
Noun
indecorum (usually uncountable, plural indecorums)
- Indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous
- “But in this matter it is you who are to lead. You must set the example,—If others have blunder’d, it is your place to put them right, and shew them what true delicacy is.—In all points of decorum, your conduct must be law to the rest of the party.” This picture of her consequence had some effect...1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 293
- I hope your eyes are better, but if you must spare them, there is nothing in my pages which a Lady may not read aloud without indecorum, which is more than can be said of Shakspeare.1823, Charles Lamb, “Letter 305”, in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6)
indecorum meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
indecorum in Tamil
- ஒழுங்கின்மை, பண்பின்மை
indecorum in Urdu
- بدمذاقی, بےادبی, بےہودگی, گستاخی
indecorum in Malayalam
- unseemliness, impropriety, immodesty
- മര്യാദകേട്, അമര്യാദ, അപമര്യാദ, മര്യാദയില്ലായ്മ, അനൗചിത്യം, വഴിക്കേട്
Examples of indecorum in a sentence
- This will be done decently and in good order--our training will admit of no indecorum.1917, Douglas Fairbanks, Laugh and Live:
- Not only were its central personages the patterns of propriety, but no breath of scandal, no shadow of indecorum, might approach its utmost boundaries.1921, Lytton Strachey, Queen Victoria:
Forms of indecorum
| plural | indecorums |
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Origin of indecorum
From Latin indecōrum, neuter substantive of indecōrus.
Questions about indecorum
- What does indecorum mean?
- Indecorum means indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous.
- What is indecorum in Tamil?
- Indecorum in Tamil is ஒழுங்கின்மை, பண்பின்மை. See Indecorum meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use indecorum in a sentence?
- This will be done decently and in good order--our training will admit of no indecorum.
- What part of speech is indecorum?
- Indecorum is a noun.
- What is the plural of indecorum?
- The plural of indecorum is indecorums.
Words near indecorum in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: indecorum (page history and authors); indecorum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indecorum (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); indecorum (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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