dedecorous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dedecorus. See decorous.
Adjective[edit]
dedecorous (comparative more dedecorous, superlative most dedecorous)
- (obsolete) disgraceful; unbecoming
- 1664, James Howell, Florus Hungaricus Or The history of Hungaria and Transylvania:
- he took courage to proceed to greater and more dedecorous and base practises
References[edit]
- “dedecorous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.