indecent的词源

英文词源

indecent (adj.)

1560s, "unbecoming, in bad taste," from French indécent (14c.), from Latin indecentem (nominative indecens), from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + decens (see decent). Sense of "offending against propriety" is from 1610s. Indecent assault (1861) originally covered sexual assaults other than rape or intended rape, but by 1934 it was being used as a euphemism for "rape." Related: Indecently

中文词源

indecent：下流的，猥亵的

in-,不，非，decent,体面的，得体的。即不体面的，引申词义下流的，猥亵的。

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