urbanity

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English urbanitie, from Middle French urbanité, from Latin urbānitās, from urbānus (“belonging to a city”), with a sense of "having the manners of townspeople" in Classical Latin, from urbs (“city”); equivalent to urbane +‎ -ity (sense 1) and urban +‎ -ity (sense 2). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əːˈbæn.ɪ.ti/ (US) IPA(key): /ɝˈbæn.ə.ti/ === Noun === urbanity (countable and uncountable, plural urbanities) Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous. Synonym: urbaneness Urbanness. Antonym: rurality ==== Translations ==== === References === “urbanity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Tyburnia