decorous

Meaning

1. Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly.
2. (obsolete) Appropriate, suitable.

Opposite of

dedecorous, indecorous, undecorous, suitable

Synonyms

decent

seemly

comely

proper

comme il faut

appropriate

becoming

modest

congruent

congruous

courteous

faultless

fitting

formal

gentlemanly

inculpable

inedible

irreproachable

modesty

neat

opportune

pertinent

pleasing

presentable

prim

proportional

respectable

right

sedate

sound

🔉

stiff

suitable

tidy

undefiled

unexceptionable

unimpeachable

unobjectionable

well-behaved

worthy

speckless

good

👍

beseeming

adequate

apt

bashful

bashfulness

blameless

ceremonious

congenial

Translations

decoroso

decoroso

convenable

terbiyeli

ευπρεπής

anständig

bienséant

welvoeglijk

يستحق

decoroso

degno

schicklich

décent

αρμόζων

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛkəɹəs/

Etymology

From the following:
* Latin decōrus (“becoming, fitting, proper, suitable”) + English -ous (suffix adjectives denoting presence of a quality in any degree, typically an abundance). Decōrus is derived from decor (“elegrance, grace; charm beauty”) + -us (suffix forming adjectives); and decor is from decēre, the present active infinitive of decet (“to adorn; to be decent; to be proper or suitable”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to perceive; to take”).
* Possibly also influenced by Late Latin decorōsus (“beautiful; elegant”), from decoris + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of’ forming adjectives from nouns). Decoris is the genitive singular of decus (“beauty, grace, ornament, splendour; distinction, glory, honour”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱos (“that which is proper”), from *deḱ- (see above).