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.