decorous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DEC'OROUS, adjective Decent; suitable to a character, or to the time, place and occasion; becoming; proper; befitting; as a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge.
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