Definitions for decorous

decorous dec·o·rous

Spelling: [dek-er-uh s, dih-kawr-uh s, - Decorous is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 280 anagrams from letters in decorous (cdeoorsu).

Definitions for decorous

adjective

  1. characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.

Origin of decorous

1655-65; Latin decōrus seemly, becoming, derivative of decus; see decorate, -ous

Examples for decorous

Imagine “swell up” from Sandford, the repressed and decorous!

That is why our talk about them should be as decorous as their silence.

A decorous group of nine panelists presented their positions one at a time, following distinctly un-Israeli rules of etiquette.

There are no drunken men there, nothing but what is pleasant and decorous.

Thus our conversation ran--decorous and harmless enough, in all conscience.

Thorpe accepted in good part the intimation that silence was after all most decorous.

It's not decent, it's not decorous to laugh at any incident in the lives of holy men.

Not for Rodriguez the decorous, red-carpet likes of Gwynnie, Sandra Bullock, or Tom Cruise, but “hot criminal” Jeremy Meeks.

Looked at in that light it appears a sweet and decorous meal.

Nothing could be more perfectly proper and decorous than this dance.

Word Value for decorous
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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