décorder, v.a., to untwist, to untwine.
décoré, -e, part., knighted; decorated; wearing the insignia of some order of knighthood.
décoré, n.m., knight; knight of the Legion of Honor.
décorer, v.a., to decorate, to ornament, to adorn; to dignify; to trim; to set off; to confer (titles, honors); to confer the knighthood of the Legion of Honor; to paint. — d’un ordre; to confer an order. Se — d’un titre; to assume a title.
décorner, v.a., to unhorn. — un livre; to undo the dog’s ear of. — une carte; to turn the corner of.
décortication, n.f., stripping off bark, decortication; pulping, husking, barking.
décortiquer, v.a., to decorticate, to bark, to husk.
décorum (-rom), n.m., decorum, propriety, decency. Observer le —; to observe proprieties. C’est pour garder le —; it is for decency’s sake. Blesser le —; to offend against the laws of decorum.
découcher, v.n., to sleep out; to stay out all night.
découcher, v.a., to turn out of bed.