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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + decus, decor-, like dēdecus; compare indecor, also dēgener from genus, gener-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dēdecor (genitive dēdecoris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- shameful
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (non-i-stem).
References
- “dedecor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dedecor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.