Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-DEC'OR-OUS, a. [L. indecorus; in and decor, decus, deceo, to become.]

Unbecoming; violating good manners; contrary to the established rules of good breeding, or to the forms of respect which age and station require. It is indecorous in a young person to take the highest place in company, when his superiors are present. Indecorous is sometimes equivalent to indecent; but it is less frequently applied to actions which offend modesty and chastity.