demure
Meaning
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- Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
- Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
Synonyms
tight laced
Frequency
Hyphenated as
de‧mure
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle English demure, demwre, of uncertain formation, but probably from Old French meur (Modern French mûr), from Latin mātūrus. The de- is "of", as in "of maturity".
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