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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
demure /dɪˈmjʊə, dɪˈmjɔː/
▶adjective (demurer, demurest) (of a woman) reserved, modest, and shy.
– derivatives
demurely adverb,
demureness noun.
demurely adverb,
demureness noun.
– origin ME: perh. from OFr. demoure, past part. of demourer (see demur); influenced by OFr. mur ‘grave’.
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