Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indecorum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indecorum \In`de*co"rum\, n. [Pref. in- not + decorum: cf. L.
indecorous unbecoming.]
1. Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior
or manners which violates the established rules of
civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.
2. An indecorous or becoming action. --Young.
Syn: Indecorum is sometimes synonymous with indecency; but
indecency, more frequently than indecorum, is applied to
words or actions which refer to what nature and
propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.
Indecency is the stronger word; indecorum refers to any
transgression of etiquette or civility, especially in
public.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indecorum
n 1: a lack of decorum [syn: {indecorousness}] [ant: {decorum}, {decorum}]
2: an act of undue intimacy [syn: {familiarity}, {impropriety},
{liberty}]
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