Read full poem →Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no
Dictionary Entry
decorum
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/dɪˈkɔːɹəm/Word FrequencyCommon (4.04)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓Appropriate social behavior.
In a Sentence
“The students were expected to maintain decorum during the school assembly.”
Published Usage Examples
“Is not the cant sometimes on the side of those who are so anxious for what they call decorum?”
“(world, from an attention to what it calls decorum; and the preferable nature of truth and sincerity) Tj”
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Origin
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Common Phrases
. decorumest decorumdecorum etdecorum socialdecorum proper
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Poetry examples for “decorum”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Each man of sense has it so full before him,
He’d die before he’d wrong it—’tis decorum.—
There was, indeed, in far less polish’d days,
Read full poem →To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.