dedecor

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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

  1. 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.