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10 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum
noun the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
originEtymology tree English demure Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English demureness From demure + -ness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- demesnes 11
- emenders 11
- medreses 11
- seedsmen 11
- demesne 10
- emender 10
- emersed 10
- medrese 10
- menders 10
- redeems 10
- reedmen 10
- remends 10