See demure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle English demure, demwre, an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman de mure port (“with a mature demeanor”) (compare Old French meur from Latin mātūrus):\n*si il seyt coy e de mure port (Amur curteiz) (“he sits quietly and with a mature appearance”)\n* Documents illustrating the history of Scotland, CLV, 1306, Orders for the custody of Scottish prisoners, CLV: …et que eles soient de bon et meur port (“…with a good and mature demeanor”)\n* mss. Arundel, 220: ke cely qe vus amerez soyt de gentil manere, coy, de meure porture (“with a mature demeanor”)\n* (Monastic rule): de aunciene dame de meure porture ke pusse les plus ieuenes rieueler e endoctriner (“an old lady with a mature demeanor able to rule and educate the young girls”).",
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"text": "Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.",
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"ref": "2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this …'”, in The Daily Telegraph:",
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"ref": "2021 June 30, Motoko Rich, Hikari Hida, “Expected to Be Demure, Japan’s Girls Face Steep Hurdles to Athletic Dreams”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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"_dis1": "69 31",
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"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
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"_dis1": "69 31",
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"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
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"word": "dydig"
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"_dis1": "69 31",
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"word": "reservert"
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"_dis1": "69 31",
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"word": "anstendig"
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"ref": "c. 1824, Mary Russell Mitford, Walks in the Country:",
"text": "Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.",
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"ipa": "/dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/",
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"ipa": "/dəˈmjɔː(ɹ)/",
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"ipa": "/dɪˈmjɵː(ɹ)/",
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"ipa": "/dəˈmjʊə(ɹ)/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/dəˈmjʉə(ɹ)/",
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"New-Zealand"
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