| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Disgraceful; unbecoming.[Websters]
2. Being degrading or humiliating. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb dedecorously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (dedecorously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dedecorous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEDECOROUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Dedecorous \De*dec"o*rous\, adjective. [Latin expression dedecorus. See Decorous.]. (references) |
