Indecorum

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indecorum \In`de*co"rum\, n. [Pref. in- not + decorum: cf. L.
     indecorous unbecoming.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Lack of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior
        or manners which violates the established rules of
        civility, custom, or etiquette; indecorousness.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An indecorous or unbecoming action. --Young.
  
     Syn: Indecorum is sometimes synonymous with indecency; but
          indecency, more frequently than indecorum, is applied to
          words or actions which refer to what nature and
          propriety require to be concealed or suppressed.
          Indecency is the stronger word; indecorum refers to any
          transgression of etiquette or civility, especially in
          public.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indecorum
       n 1: a lack of decorum [syn: {indecorousness}] [ant: {decorum}, {decorum}]
       2: an act of undue intimacy [syn: {familiarity}, {impropriety},
           {liberty}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "indecorum":
     Babbittry, aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, bad taste, blooper,
     boner, boo-boo, bourgeois taste, break, camp, campiness,
     criminality, delinquency, deviance, deviancy, faux pas, gaffe,
     high camp, illegality, improperness, impropriety,
     inappropriateness, incorrectness, indecency, indecorousness,
     indelicacy, indiscreetness, indiscretion, inelegance, inelegancy,
     infraction, kitsch, low camp, philistinism, poor taste, pop,
     pop culture, sinfulness, solecism, tastelessness, unaestheticism,
     unaestheticness, unbecomingness, unchastity, unfitness,
     unfittingness, unlawfulness, unmeetness, unrighteousness,
     unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness, violation,
     vulgar taste, vulgarism, vulgarity, vulgarness, wickedness, wrong,
     wrongfulness, wrongness