Decorum Old Definition
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Decorum old definition. A requirement of correct behaviour in polite society. Propriety esp in behaviour or conduct. Decorum definition dignified propriety of behavior speech dress etc.
Literary and dramatic propriety. Decorum decency propriety dignity etiquette are comparable either when they mean a code of rules respecting what is right fitting or honorable in behavior or more often when they mean the quality or character of lightness fitness or honorableness in behavior resulting from the observance of such a code. Fitness according to strict neoclassic decorum only the aristocracy had the right to appear in tragedy irving babbitt.
