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

Further reading

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