demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment
(noun) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
demeanor (countable and uncountable, plural demeanors)
(American spelling) The social, non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that are characteristic of a person.
• behavior
• comportment
• enamored, one-armed
Source: Wiktionary
De*mean"or, n. [Written also demeanour.] Etym: [For demeanure, fr. demean. See Demean, v. t.]
1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton.
2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
