'Urbanity' definitions:
Definition of 'urbanity'
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Definition of 'Urbanity'
From: GCIDE
- Urbanity \Ur*ban"i*ty\, n. [L. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanit['e].] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. [1913 Webster]
- The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Urbanity'
- Urban,
- Urbane,
- Urbanize,
- urbanely,
- urbanization,
- urbanized,
- Urban servitude,
- urban area,
- urban center,
- urban guerrilla,
- urban ii,
- urban legend,
- urban planning,
- urban renewal,
- urban sprawl,
- urban typhus,
- urban v,
- urban vi,
- urban viii,
- housing and urban development,
- department of housing and urban development,
- secretary of housing and urban development