demureness
81affectedness — noun 1. the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others) • Ant: ↑unaffectedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑affected • Hypernyms: ↑unnaturalness • Hyponyms: ↑airs, ↑ …
82demure — adj. (demurer, demurest) 1 composed, quiet, and reserved; modest. 2 affectedly shy and quiet; coy. 3 decorous (a demure high collar). Derivatives: demurely adv. demureness n. Etymology: ME, perh. f. AF demureacute f. OF demoreacute past part. of… …
83overmodest — adjective affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way • Syn: ↑coy, ↑demure • Similar to: ↑modest • Derivationally related forms: ↑demureness (for: ↑demure …
84demurity — də̇ˈmyu̇rəd.ē, dēˈ noun ( es) Etymology: demure (I) + ity : demureness …
85prim. — 1. primary. 2. primitive. * * * prim «prihm», adjective, prim|mer, prim|mest, verb, primmed, prim|ming. –adj …
86prim´ness — prim «prihm», adjective, prim|mer, prim|mest, verb, primmed, prim|ming. –adj. precise, neat, proper, or formal in a stiff way: »friends…staid and prim, of evangelical tendencies ( …
87prim´ly — prim «prihm», adjective, prim|mer, prim|mest, verb, primmed, prim|ming. –adj. precise, neat, proper, or formal in a stiff way: »friends…staid and prim, of evangelical tendencies ( …
