- Demurity
- Demurity De*mur"i*ty (d[-e]*m[=u]r"[i^]*t[y^]), n. Demureness; also, one who is demure. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Demurity
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demurity — de·mur·i·ty … English syllables
demurity — də̇ˈmyu̇rəd.ē, dēˈ noun ( es) Etymology: demure (I) + ity : demureness … Useful english dictionary
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embarrassment — Synonyms and related words: abasement, abashment, absorption, agitation, awkwardness, baffle, bafflement, bashfulness, befuddlement, bewilderment, bind, bother, botheration, broken fortune, burden, burthen, cargo, chagrin, chaos, charge, cloud,… … Moby Thesaurus
false modesty — Synonyms and related words: Quakerishness, censoriousness, demureness, demurity, hideboundness, mauvaise honte, narrowness, overmodesty, priggishness, primness, prudery, prudishness, puritanicalness, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, smugness, stiff … Moby Thesaurus
primness — Synonyms and related words: Quakerishness, buckram, censoriousness, ceremonial, ceremoniousness, ceremony, demureness, demurity, dignity, extrinsicality, false modesty, form, formality, formalization, gravity, hideboundness, impersonality,… … Moby Thesaurus
sanctimony — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffery, Quakerishness, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, bibliolatry, cant, censoriousness, charismatic gift, charismatic movement, charismatic renewal, demureness, demurity, empty gesture, false modesty, false piety,… … Moby Thesaurus
shyness — Synonyms and related words: afraidness, bashfulness, boggle, boggling, compunction, confusion, coyness, demur, demureness, demurity, demurral, diffidence, embarrassment, falter, faltering, fearfulness, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, jumpiness … Moby Thesaurus
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