correctituden.
/kəˈrɛktɪtjuːd/ Correctness of conduct or behaviour (in quot. 1929, a ‘correct’ statement or expression).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [noun] > seemly behaviour or propriety
seemlihead?a1366
honestya1398
comeliness1440
seemlihoodc1440
seemlityc1440
semblessea1500
seemliness1548
decentness1561
decorum?1571
handsomeness1595
civility1612
decency1682
exactness1683
elegance1686
propriety1753
thing1791
bienseancea1797
convenances1831
decorousness1834
the becoming1842
correctnessa1859
good (also bad) form1868
properness1873
correctitude1893
the done thing1917
1893 National Observer 13 May 650/2 The high correctitude of his youth.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 3/1 Dr. Jameson stepping in maintains order where disorder existed, and stepping in with the Colonial Secretary's orders, would have done so with perfect—if not ‘unctuous—correctitude’.
1906 F. S. Oliver Alexander Hamilton 316 Jefferson was overflowing with kindness—a contrast to the calm correctitude of his chief.
1922 G. A. Greenwood England To-day ii. 72 The correctitude of attending eleven o'clock service.
1929 W. S. Churchill Aftermath xix. 412 Lord Curzon..soused him in sonorous correctitudes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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