different between decent vs amenity

English

Etymology

From Middle French décent, or its source, Latin dec?ns, present participle of decet (“it is fitting or suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *de?- (“to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable”) (compare Ancient Greek ????? (doké?, “I appear, seem, think”), ??????? (dékhomai, “I accept”); Sanskrit ??????? (da?asyáti, “shows honor, is gracious”), ????? (d??ati, “makes offerings, bestows”)). Meaning ‘kind, pleasant’ is from 1902.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?di?s?nt/

Adjective

decent (comparative more decent, superlative most decent)

1. (obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
2. (of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
3. (informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.

4. Fair; good enough; okay.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 35:

     And ‘blubbing’... Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. Nineteen-twenties schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.

5. Significant; substantial.

6. Conforming to percievied standards of good taste.
7. (obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.

Synonyms

• (conforming suitably to moral standards): good, moral
• (good enough): adequate, satisfactory

Antonyms

• (conforming suitably to moral standards): bad, immoral
• (sufficiently clothed): indecent, underdressed
• (good enough): inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory

Related terms

• decency
• decently

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• cedent

Romanian

Etymology

From French décent, from Latin decens.

Adjective

decent m or n (feminine singular decent?, masculine plural decen?i, feminine and neuter plural decente)

1. decent

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• amœnity (archaic)

Etymology

From French aménité, from Latin amoenit?s (“pleasantness, delightfulness”), from amoenus (“pleasant, delightful”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mi?n?ti/, /??m?n?ti/

Noun

amenity (countable and uncountable, plural amenities)

1. Pleasantness.

   We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
2. A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

   All the little amenities the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable.
3. Convenience.
4. (cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library etc.

   Synonyms: facility, infrastructure

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• any time, anytime