1. The trait of behaving with reserve and decorum 
2. The affectation of being demure in a provocative way
   - coyness

Derived forms: demurenesses

See also: demure

Type of: affectedness, effeteness, modesty, reserve

Encyclopedia: Demureness

• furlike
• furlong
• furlough
• furnace
• furnace lining
• furnace room
• Furnariidae
• Furnarius
• furnish
• furnished
• furnishing
• furniture
• furniture company
• furniture maker
• Furnivall
• furor
• furore
• furosemide
• furphy
• furred
• furrier
• furriery
• furring
• furring strip
• furrow