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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1054/
- Published: 2022-12-19T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-10-19T17:29:31.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

decorous (noun):

: marked by propriety and good taste

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology :One of the earliest recorded uses of decorous appears in a book titled The Rules of Civility (1673): “It is not decorous to look in the Glass, to comb, brush, or do any thing of that nature to ourselves, whilst the said person be in the Room.” This rule of thumb may be a bit outdated; like many behaviors once deemed unbecoming, public primping is unlikely to offend in modern times. Though mores shift, decorous lives on to describe timeless courtesies like polite speech, proper attire, and (ahem) covering one’s cough.

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