In the Gilded Age, one major, widely sold, best selling etiquette manual featured was Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society. Originally published in 1877 by J.A. Ruth & Co., it was essentially the “bible” for Victorian social norms and ran through numerous, highly successful editions. Another related, notable, though smaller scale best seller was The Bazar Book of Decorum (1870) by Harper & Brothers.
The Word of the Day is DecorumToday's word is DECORUM.
It’s pronounced—de-koh-rum, with accent on the second syllable. It means—decency, seemliness, fitness, modesty.
It comes from—Latin “decorum," comely.
Companion word —dccorus. It’s used like this —“When in society you should behave with decorum .”
🍽️Etiquette Enthusiast, Maura J. Graber of The RSVP Institute of Etiquette, is the Site Editor of the Etiquipedia© Etiquette Encyclopedia
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