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urbanity.

Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əːˈbæn.ɪ.ti/UK/ɝˈbæn.ə.ti/US
  1. Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.

    countable · uncountable
  2. Urbanness.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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