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.
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:
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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18 responses to “Word of The Week (WOW #11)”
That’s an interesting catch!
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Thanks Erika 🙂
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A good word to use in a variety of situations, Heena. 🙂 (I’ll be doing mine tomorrow.)
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Thanks Millie! 😀
I’m looking forward to read your 🙂
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Great word!!! Thaaaanks!!!! 🙂 XOXO
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Thanks Kristin! 😀
XOXO!!!
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Great word! Here is mine
https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/word-of-the-week-wow-2/
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Thanks dear!
I love your’s too 🙂
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Great word, Heena. 🙂 Here’s the link to mine: https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/word-of-the-week-wow-gargantuan/
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A great word for some historical fiction writers? Maybe romance?
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Thanks Sue! Yea… it can be used in a lot of situations 🙂
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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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Yay! I’ll check it out ASAp! 🙂
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https://crazykidjournal.wordpress.com/word-power-word-of-the-week/
updated with WOW for this week
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