Hypertext Webster Gateway: "decorous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Decorous \De*co"rous\ (?; 277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor
comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See {Decent}, and cf.
{Decorum}.]
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion;
marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as,
a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a
judge.
A decorous pretext the war. --Motley.
-- {De*co"rous*ly}, adv. -- {De*co"rous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
decorous
adj 1: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in
manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in
the extreme" [ant: {indecorous}]
2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty";
"comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a
gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent
burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: {becoming}, {comely}, {comme
il faut}, {decent}, {seemly}]
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