Word of The Week (WOW #11)

Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week.

WOW

If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.

Here’s this week’s WOW:

decorum

Word: Decorum

Part Of Speech: noun

Pronunciation: de·co·rum

Meaning: 

Behaviour in keeping with good taste and propriety. 

  • etiquette: he had no idea of funeral decorum.
  • (decorums) archaic particular requirements of good taste and propriety.
  • archaic suitability to the requirements of a person, rank, or occasion.

Synonyms: Properness, seemliness, decency, decorousness, good taste, correctness, appropriateness,

Antonyms: Wrongdoing, misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, unscrupulousness, illegitimacy, unprofessionalism.

Word Origin: Latin. Mid 16th century (as a literary term, denoting suitability of style): from Latin, neuter of the adjective decorus ‘seemly’.

Use in sentence: 

He had acted with the utmost decorum.

  • Etiquette: He had no idea of funeral decorum.

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I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way!

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18 responses to “Word of The Week (WOW #11)”

  1. That’s an interesting catch!

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  2. A good word to use in a variety of situations, Heena. 🙂 (I’ll be doing mine tomorrow.)

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    1. Thanks Millie! 😀
      I’m looking forward to read your 🙂

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  3. Great word!!! Thaaaanks!!!! 🙂 XOXO

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    1. Thanks Kristin! 😀
      XOXO!!!

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    1. Thanks dear!
      I love your’s too 🙂

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  7. A great word for some historical fiction writers? Maybe romance?

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    1. Thanks Sue! Yea… it can be used in a lot of situations 🙂

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  8. Hello again, Heena. As promised, here is the link to my WOW post:
    https://milliethom.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/word-of-the-week-wow-8/

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    1. Yay! I’ll check it out ASAp! 🙂

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