On average, food provides about 20 percent of total water intake. For example, many fruits and vegetables, such as watermelon and tomatoes, are 90 percent or more water by weight. If food covers 20 percent, that means guys should get 10 cups and ladies seven.
Decorous for a time had another meaning as wellâfitting or appropriateâbut that now-obsolete sense seems to have existed for only a few decades in the 17th century. Decorous derives from the Latin word decorus, an adjective created from the noun decor, meaning beauty or grace. Decor is akin to the Latin verb decÄre (to be fitting), which is the source of our adjective decent. It is only fitting, then, that decent can be a synonym of decorous.
proâ¢misâ¢cuâ¢ous. 1. characterized by or having numerous sexual partners on a casual basis. 2. consisting of a disordered mixture of various elements. 3. indiscriminate; without discrimination. 4. casual; irregular; haphazard.