Read full poem →Turned her over to his yellow mother
To learn what was held decorous and lawful;
And the mother smelt blood with a cat-like instinct,
Dictionary Entry
Marked by proper behavior.
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Common Phrases
. decorousmanner decorousbehavior decoroussilence decorous
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Poetry examples for “decorous”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →With snuffle and sniff and handkerchief,
And dim and decorous mirth,
With ham and sherry, they'll meet to bury
Read full poem →talk that could not possibly bring a blush to the cheek of ignorance.
I assured him his decorous concessions were unnecessary. I was not
expounding the nude.
Read full poem →The stride of vanishing autumn in a park
By way of decorous melancholy; he
That wrote his couplet yearly to the spring,