Pages

Saturday 30 April 2016

Word of the Day: Decorous

Word of the Day : April 30, 2016

Decorous

adjective DECK-er-us


Definition

: marked by propriety and good taste : correct

Examples

Before making her daily announcements, the principal mentioned how proud she was of the students' decorous conduct at their prom.

"When, during the constitutional convention in Philadelphia in 1787, the discussion, polite and decorous till then, grew rather heated, Benjamin Franklin implored the delegates as follows: 'It has given me a great pleasure to observe that till this point … our debates were carried on with great coolness and temper. If anything of a contrary kind has on this occasion appeared I hope it will not be repeated….'" — Emanuel Epstein, The Davis (California) Enterprise, 5 Feb. 2016

No comments:

Post a Comment

Designed by Jide Ogunsanya.