URBANITIES

Noun

urbanities

plural of urbanity

Source: Wiktionary


URBANITY

Ur*ban"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanité.]

1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving.

2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.] Dryden. Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters. L'Estrange.

Syn.

– Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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