Associations to the word «Demureness»

Wiktionary

DEMURENESS, noun. The state or quality of being demure.

Dictionary definition

DEMURENESS, noun. The trait of behaving with reserve and decorum.
DEMURENESS, noun. The affectation of being demure in a provocative way.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope