indecorum
English
Etymology
From Latin indecōrum, neuter substantive of indecōrus.
Noun
indecorum (usually uncountable, plural indecorums)
- Indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous
- 1823, Charles Lamb, “Letter 305”, in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6):
- I hope your eyes are better, but if you must spare them, there is nothing in my pages which a Lady may not read aloud without indecorum, which is more than can be said of Shakspeare.
- 1917, Douglas Fairbanks, Laugh and Live:
- This will be done decently and in good order--our training will admit of no indecorum.
- 1921, Lytton Strachey, Queen Victoria:
- Not only were its central personages the patterns of propriety, but no breath of scandal, no shadow of indecorum, might approach its utmost boundaries.
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Anagrams
- medicornu
Latin
Adjective
indecōrum
- nominative neuter singular of indecōrus
- accusative masculine singular of indecōrus
- accusative neuter singular of indecōrus
- vocative neuter singular of indecōrus