demurityn.

Forms: In Middle English demeurte.

Etymology: Answers to Old French meurté , as demure adj. and n. does to Old French meur : compare quot. 1483 at sense 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈmurity.

rare.

1. Demure quality, demureness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun]

simplesse1340

methec1390

simplenessc1400

demurity1483

demureness?1518

modestness1546

modesty1553

unaspiringness1681

unpretendingness1701

unassumingness1768

unostentatiousness1807

unpresumingness1837

unpretentiousness1855

unassertiveness1934

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun]

earnestOE

sadnessc1350

serious1440

seriouste1440

demurity1483

seriosity?a1505

gravity1509

demureness?1518

seriousness1530

solemness1530

sobriety1548

staidness1561

graveness1577

gravidad1641

earnestness1670

substantialness1683

solemnity1712

smilelessness1844

unsmilingness1873

humourlessness1890

straightfacedness1982

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 34/1 Joyne..demeurte to thy gladnes, and humylyte to thy demeurte [Fr. et meurte a leesement et humilite a la meurte].

a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 71 They pretend to such Demurity as to form a Society for the Regulation of Manners.

1889 W. Besant Bell St. Paul's III. 271 The demurity went out of her face.

2. An embodiment of demureness; a demure character or person. (Cf. oddity n.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] > modest person or people > affectedly

demurity18..

18.. C. Lamb Let. to Southey (L.) She will act after the fashion of Richardson's demurities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	demurity
释义	demurityn. Forms: In Middle English demeurte. Etymology: Answers to Old French meurté , as demure adj. and n. does to Old French meur : compare quot. 1483 at sense 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈmurity. rare. 1. Demure quality, demureness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] simplesse1340 methec1390 simplenessc1400 demurity1483 demureness?1518 modestness1546 modesty1553 unaspiringness1681 unpretendingness1701 unassumingness1768 unostentatiousness1807 unpresumingness1837 unpretentiousness1855 unassertiveness1934 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] earnestOE sadnessc1350 serious1440 seriouste1440 demurity1483 seriosity?a1505 gravity1509 demureness?1518 seriousness1530 solemness1530 sobriety1548 staidness1561 graveness1577 gravidad1641 earnestness1670 substantialness1683 solemnity1712 smilelessness1844 unsmilingness1873 humourlessness1890 straightfacedness1982 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 34/1 Joyne..demeurte to thy gladnes, and humylyte to thy demeurte [Fr. et meurte a leesement et humilite a la meurte]. a1704 T. Brown Lett. from Dead (new ed.) in Wks. (1707) II. ii. 71 They pretend to such Demurity as to form a Society for the Regulation of Manners. 1889 W. Besant Bell St. Paul's III. 271 The demurity went out of her face. 2. An embodiment of demureness; a demure character or person. (Cf. oddity n.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] > modest person or people > affectedly demurity18.. 18.. C. Lamb Let. to Southey (L.) She will act after the fashion of Richardson's demurities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1483
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