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Definition of Urbanty
Ur*ban"i*ty (?), n. [L. urbanitas; cf.
F. urbanité.]
1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility
or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement.
The marquis did the honors of his house with the
urbanity of his country. W. Irving.
2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.]
Dryden.
Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without
some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters.
L'Estrange.
Syn. -- Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.
Ur*ban"i*ty (?), n. [L. urbanitas; cf.
F. urbanité.]
1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility
or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement.
The marquis did the honors of his house with the
urbanity of his country. W. Irving.
2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.]
Dryden.
Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without
some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters.
L'Estrange.
Syn. -- Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to
dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is
heard in the words, "I beg your pardon," and it is not consistent with
disregard of the rights of others.
The owner of a powder mill
Was musing on a distant hill --
Something his mind foreboded --
When from the cloudless sky there fell
A deviled human kidney! Well,
The man's mill had exploded.
His hat he lifted from his head;
"I beg your pardon, sir," he said;
"I didn't know 'twas loaded."
Swatkin
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- polished, refined, courteous behaviour
- (in plural) courtesies
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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