资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Decent \De"cent\, a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to
   be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament,
   Gr. ? to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d?c to grant, to
   give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent.
   Cf. {Decorate}, {Decorum}, {Deig?}.]
   1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
      fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
      language. --Shak.

            Before his decent steps.              --Milton.

   2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.

   3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]

            A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent
            shoulders drawn.                      --Milton.

            By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.

   4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
      fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
      decent fortune; a decent person.

            A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
                                                  --Burke.
      -- {De"cent*ly}, adv. -- {De"cent*ness}, n.