URBANITY

urbanity

(noun) the quality or character of life in a city or town; “there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity”

urbanity

(noun) polished courtesy; elegance of manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

urbanity (countable and uncountable, plural urbanities)

Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.

What is characteristically urban in an area; urbanness.

Antonyms

• rurality

Anagrams

• Tyburnia

Source: Wiktionary


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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SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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