All 3 Uses of
decorum
in
Brave New World
- At the sound of his voice the Director started into a guilty realization of where he was; shot a glance at Bernard, and averting his eyes, blushed darkly; looked at him again with sudden suspicion and, angrily on his dignity, "Don't imagine," he said, "that I'd had any indecorous relation with the girl.†
p. 97.8indecorous = improper or rudestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indecorous means not and reverses the meaning of decorous. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- If ever I hear again of any lapse from a proper standard of infantile decorum, I shall ask for your transference to a Sub-Centre–preferably to Iceland.
p. 98.5 *decorum = proper manners and conduct
- The negro was packed off to an Adult Re-conditioning Centre and the film ended happily and decorously, with the Beta blonde becoming the mistress of all her three rescuers.†
p. 169.2decorously = with manners and conduct considered to be proper and in good taste
Definition:
manners and conduct considered to be proper and in good taste