Decorum
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /dɪˈkÉ”Ëɹəm/
- Rhymes: -É”Ëɹəm
- Hyphenation: de + co + rum
Origin
From Latin decÅrus ("proper, decent").
Full definition of decorum
Noun
decorum
(countable and uncountable; plural decorums)- (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
- 2010 — Pseudonymous Bosch, This Isn't What It Looks Like, ch. 4It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.
- (countable) A convention of social behavior