Borrowed fromMiddle French décent Latin decēns decet ( “ it is fitting or suitable ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *deḱ- ( “ to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable ” ) (compareAncient Greek δοκέω ( dokéō ,“ I appear, seem, think ” ) ,δέχομαι ( dékhomai ,“ I accept ” ) ;Sanskrit दशस्यति ( daśasyáti ,“ shows honor, is gracious ” ) ,दाशति ( dāśati ,“ makes offerings, bestows ” ) ). Meaning ‘kind, pleasant’ is from 1902.
decent (comparative moredecent ,superlative mostdecent )
Appropriate ; suitable for the circumstances.( of a person ) integrity ,fairness , or other characteristics associated withmoral uprightness .( informal ) clothed ordressed to be seen.Are youdecent ? May I come in?
Fair ;acceptable ;okay .He's adecent saxophonist, but probably not good enough to make a career of it.
2021 June 30, Philip Haigh, “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, inRAIL , number934 , page53 :I'm all for opening new stations (Transport Scotland is planning another at East Linton, about halfway between Drem and Dunbar), but they are useless without adecent service.
Significant ;substantial .There are adecent number of references out there, if you can find them.
Conforming to perceived standards of good taste.1899 Joseph Conrad , “The Heart of Darkness ”, inBlackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine [ … ] →OCLC page201 :I had a cup of tea - the lastdecent cup of tea for many days; and in a room that most soothingly looked just as you would expect a lady’s drawing-room to look, we had a long quiet chat by the fireside.
( obsolete ) a. 1645 John Milton , “Il Penseroso ”, inPoems of Mr. John Milton, [ … ] [ … ] Ruth Raworth forHumphrey Mosely , [ … ] 1646 ,→OCLC page38 :And ſable ſtole ofCipres Lawn,decent ſhoulders drawn.
appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
Azerbaijani:saf (az) ,düz-əməlli dürüst (az) Belarusian:прысто́йны ( prystójny ) Bulgarian:благоприли́чен (bg) ( blagoprilíčen ) ,прили́чен (bg) ( prilíčen ) ,присто́ен (bg) ( pristóen ) Chinese:Mandarin:體面 / 体面 (zh) ( tǐmiàn ) Czech:slušný (cs) Danish:anstændig pæn (da) Dutch:integer (nl) ,fatsoenlijk (nl) Finnish:kunnollinen (fi) ,rehellinen (fi) ,säädyllinen (fi) French:intègre (fr) Galician:decente m or f Georgian:წესიერი ( c̣esieri ) ,ზრდილი ( zrdili ) German:anständig (de) ,sittsam (de) Alemannic German:aaschtändig Greek:κόσμιος (el) ( kósmios ) ,ευπρεπής (el) ( efprepís ) Hebrew:הגון (he) ( hagun ) Hungarian:tisztességes (hu) ,derék (hu) ,rendes (hu) Indonesian:baik (id) Ingrian:vernoi Irish:gnaíúil Italian:perbene (it) Macedonian:пристоен ( pristoen ) Norwegian:Bokmål:anstendig (no) Polish:przyzwoity (pl) Portuguese:decente (pt) Russian:поря́дочный (ru) ( porjádočnyj ) ,прили́чный (ru) ( prilíčnyj ) ,благопристо́йный (ru) ( blagopristójnyj ) ,присто́йный (ru) ( pristójnyj ) ,благоприли́чный ( blagoprilíčnyj ) Scottish Gaelic:cothromach iomchaidh Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:при́сто̄јан Roman:prístōjan (sh) Slovak:slušný Slovene:spodoben (sl) ;dostojen Spanish:decente (es) Sundanese:bener Swedish:sedesam (sv) Turkish:saygın (tr) ,terbiyeli (tr) ,onat (tr) Ukrainian:присто́йний ( prystójnyj )
fair; good enough; okay
Azerbaijani:əməlli düz-əməlli əməlli-başlı fərli Bulgarian:прили́чен (bg) ( prilíčen ) Czech:slušný (cs) m Danish:brugbar (da) Dutch:redelijk (nl) Finnish:kunnollinen (fi) ,käypä (fi) ,kelpo (fi) ,ihan hyvä French:décent (fr) Galician:decente Georgian:შესაფერისი ( šesaperisi ) ,წესიერი ( c̣esieri ) German:(ganz )anständig Greek:της προκοπής ( tis prokopís ) Hungarian:tisztességes (hu) ,valamirevaló (hu) ,megfelelő (hu) ,elfogadható (hu) ,tűrhető (hu) Icelandic:viðeigandi Ingrian:viksi viksu Italian:presentabile (it) Norwegian:Bokmål:brukbar bra nok (no) ,helt greit Polish:niezły (pl) m Portuguese:razoável (pt) ,decente (pt) Russian:прили́чный (ru) ( prilíčnyj ) ,хоро́ший (ru) ( xoróšij ) ,неплохо́й (ru) ( neploxój ) Scottish Gaelic:cothromach Slovene:spodoben (sl) Spanish:decente (es) Swedish:hyfsad (sv) Turkish:makul (tr) ,yeterli (tr)
comely; shapely; well-formed
decent (usuallyuncountable ,plural decents
Misspelling ofdescent .FromLatin decens
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third-person plural present active indicative ofdecet FromLatin decens
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decent m feminine singular decenta masculine plural decents feminine plural decentas
decent Borrowed fromFrench décent Latin decens
decent m or n feminine singular decentă masculine plural decenți feminine and neuter plural decente
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