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Synonyms for demureness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-myoor
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmyʊər

Définition of demureness

Origin :
  • late 14c. (early 14c. as a surname), from Old French meur "mature, fully grown, ripe," hence "discreet," from Latin maturus "mature" (see mature (v.)) [OED]. The de- in this word is of uncertain meaning. Or possibly from Anglo-French demuré (Old French demoré), past participle of demorer "stay," and influenced by meur [Barnhart]. Or from Old French de (bon) murs "of good manners," from murs (Modern French moeurs) [Klein].
  • noun modesty
Example sentences :
  • He was captivated by her freshness and beauty, her demureness, her ignorance of all things vicious.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • (With the faintest suggestion of demureness) All pretty things do.
  • Extract from : « First Plays » by A. A. Milne
  • "I'm visiting Jane," she replied at length, with an affectation of demureness.
  • Extract from : « The Riverman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Some of the lads had evidently had saké and even the girls had lost their demureness.
  • Extract from : « The Foundations of Japan » by J.W. Robertson Scott
  • This with a sudden explosiveness at the last, after the demureness.
  • Extract from : « A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. » by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
  • Judith, the picture of demureness, would give him a glance that would almost create an explosion.
  • Extract from : « Throckmorton » by Molly Elliot Seawell
  • She walked up the long interior with the demureness of a stockbroker's young wife out for the evening from Putney Hill.
  • Extract from : « The Pretty Lady » by Arnold E. Bennett
  • Dotty thought of Harriet all the afternoon, and walked about the house with a demureness quite unusual.
  • Extract from : « Dotty Dimple At Home » by Sophie May
  • There was in the frock a demureness almost Quaker-like which as a foil for her beauty breathed the very essence of coquetry.
  • Extract from : « Flood Tide » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • There is a demureness, a restraint which reminds one that the atmosphere of far-away Castile is still upon them.
  • Extract from : « The Amazing Argentine » by John Foster Fraser

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