Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Lack of propriety or good taste; impropriety.
- noun An instance of indecorous behavior or action.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lack of decorum; impropriety of behavior; violation of the accepted rules of conduct.
- noun An indecorous or unbecoming act; a breach of decorum.
- noun Synonyms Indecorum, Indelicacy, Indecency. An indecorum violates a rule or rules of civility or order: as, it is an indecorum to interrupt a speaker in debate; an indelicacy and an indecency are a low and a high degree of violation of the rules of modesty: as, there would be a manifest indelicacy, not to say indecency, in his putting himself forward for a public office; indelicacies or indecencies in speech or action. Indecency is used rather freely for anything shameful in conduct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lack of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.
- noun An indecorous or unbecoming action.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Indecorous behavior, or the state of beingindecorous
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lack of decorum
- noun an act of undue intimacy
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is that indecorum, which is explained so much at large by Cicero in his Offices.
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A scandal is a serious indecorum which is used generally in reference to the clergy.
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Caravaggio painted in Rome most of his life although his work was largely rejected at the time on the grounds of "indecorum," according to many biographers.
John M. Eger: Restoration Jobs Available in Florence and Malta John M. Eger 2011
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Caravaggio painted in Rome most of his life although his work was largely rejected at the time on the grounds of "indecorum," according to many biographers.
John M. Eger: Restoration Jobs Available in Florence and Malta John M. Eger 2011
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Caravaggio painted in Rome most of his life although his work was largely rejected at the time on the grounds of "indecorum," according to many biographers.
John M. Eger: Restoration Jobs Available in Florence and Malta John M. Eger 2011
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The necessity of it to my defence against a more heinous charge could alone have extorted from me so painful an indecorum.
Chris Weigant: America's First Political Sex Scandal: The Reynolds/Hamilton Affair Chris Weigant 2011
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Caravaggio painted in Rome most of his life although his work was largely rejected at the time on the grounds of "indecorum," according to many biographers.
John M. Eger: Restoration Jobs Available in Florence and Malta John M. Eger 2011
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General David Petraeus, in a rare public show of indecorum, last week suggested that corruption has been a part of Afghan culture since the country came into existence, which is a sentiment that is not only, from a historical and anthropological perspective, wholly ignorant, but one that exposes intentions on the General's part that seem both dubious as well as misplaced.
Michael Hughes: Afghanistan Corrupted by U.S. and 30 Years of Foreign Meddling Michael Hughes 2010
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General David Petraeus, in a rare public show of indecorum, last week suggested that corruption has been a part of Afghan culture since the country came into existence, which is a sentiment that is not only, from a historical and anthropological perspective, wholly ignorant, but one that exposes intentions on the General's part that seem both dubious as well as misplaced.
Michael Hughes: Afghanistan Corrupted by U.S. and 30 Years of Foreign Meddling Michael Hughes 2010
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General David Petraeus, in a rare public show of indecorum, last week suggested that corruption has been a part of Afghan culture since the country came into existence, which is a sentiment that is not only, from a historical and anthropological perspective, wholly ignorant, but one that exposes intentions on the General's part that seem both dubious as well as misplaced.
Michael Hughes: Afghanistan Corrupted by U.S. and 30 Years of Foreign Meddling Michael Hughes 2010
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