Meaning of indecorum | Babel Free

Definitions

Indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

““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, for no one loved better to lead⟳ than Maria;—and with far more good humour she answered, “I am much obliged to you, Edmund;—you mean⟳ very well, I am sure—but I still think⟳ you see⟳ things too strongly; and I really cannot undertake⟳ to harangue all the rest⟳ upon a subject of this kind.—There would be the greatest indecorum I think⟳.””

“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.”

“This will be done decently and in good order⟳--our training will admit⟳ of no indecorum.”

“Not only were its central personages the patterns of propriety, but no breath of scandal, no shadow of indecorum, might approach⟳ its utmost boundaries.”

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