decent



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


decent \de"cent\ (d[=e]"sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr.
   of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory,
   honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think;
   cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E.
   attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum,
   Deign.]
   1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
      fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
      language. --Shak.
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            Before his decent steps.              --Milton.
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   2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
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   3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]
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            A sable stole of cyprus lawn
            Over thy decent shoulders drawn.      --Milton.
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            By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.
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   4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
      fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
      decent fortune; a decent person.
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            A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
                                                  --Burke.
      -- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


clothed \clothed\ adj.
   1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
      bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
      out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
      garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
      panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
      bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
      decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
      {dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
      kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
      [Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
      [Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
      overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
      terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
      surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
      clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
      underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
      terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
      Antonym: unclothed.
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   2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
      fog-cloaked meadows

   Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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