Decorum Old Definition
Propriety collins english dictionary complete and unabridged 12th edition 2014 harpercollins publishers 1991 1994 1998 2000 2003 2006 2007 2009 2011 2014.
Decorum old definition. A requirement of correct behaviour in polite society. Decorum definition dignified propriety of behavior speech dress etc. Fitness according to strict neoclassic decorum only the aristocracy had the right to appear in tragedy irving babbitt.
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. The first three words are somewhat literary. The last two are the most common in.