urbanity
Meanings
noun
- Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
- Urbanness.
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Etymology
From Middle English urbanitie, from Middle French urbanité, from Latin urbānitās, from urbānus (“belonging to a city”), with a sense of "having the manners of townspeople" in Classical Latin, from urbs (“city”); equivalent to urbane + -ity (sense 1) and urban + -ity (sense 2).
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