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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: decorus, from decor 'beauty, gracefulness'

decorous

 adjective
     
dec‧o‧rous
formal having the correct appearance or behaviour for a particular occasion
—decorously adverb:
A servant was hovering decorously behind them.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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