demurity

English

Etymology

From demure +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈmjʊəɹɪti/

Noun

demurity (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The state or quality of being demure; demureness.
    • 1702, Thomas Browne, Letters from the Dead to the Living:
      of late they pretend to ſuch Demurity as to form a Society for the Regulation of Manners

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