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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats