demeanour

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Noun

demeanour (plural demeanours)

1. UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Commonwealth spelling of demeanor
   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.

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• enamoured