demurity

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English

Etymology

From demure +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈmjʊəɹɪti/

Noun

demurity (uncountable)

(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

Further reading

“demurity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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