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in decorum
in·de·co·rum
/
ˌɪn
dɪˈkɔr
əm, -ˈkoʊr-
/
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[
in-di-
kawr
-
uh
m, -
kohr
-
]
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noun
1.
indecorous behavior or character.
2.
something indecorous.
Origin:
1565–75;
<
Latin,
noun use of neuter of
indecōrus
indecorous
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indecorum
(ˌɪndɪˈkɔːrəm)
—
n
indecorous behaviour or speech; unseemliness
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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