decor
grace, propriety; to be fitting
Latin · decor; decere
Decor words come from the Latin idea of being fitting and graceful. A room is decorated to look right, and decorum is behaviour that suits the occasion.
Memory trick
Decor is the grace that makes a room, and a person, look just right.
Words from this root
- decor (decor) — the style of a room's decorationसाज-सज्जा
- decorate (decor + ate) — to make something look attractiveसजाना
- decoration (decor + ation) — an ornament or the act of adding itसजावट
- decorative (decor + ative) — meant to look attractiveसजावटी
- decorator (decor + ator) — one who decorates roomsसजावट करने वाला
- decorous (decor + ous) — polite and properशिष्ट, मर्यादित
- decorously (decorous + ly) — in a polite, proper wayशिष्टता से
- decorum (decor + um) — proper behaviourशिष्टाचार
- indecorous (in + decor + ous) — improper, not politeअशोभनीय
- redecorate (re + decorate) — to decorate againदोबारा सजाना
- overdecorate (over + decorate) — to decorate too muchज़्यादा सजाना
- undecorated (un + decorate + d) — without decorationबिना सजावट का