urbanity

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

URBAN'ITY, noun [Latin urbanitas, from urbs, a city.] 1. That civility or courtesy of manners which is acquired by associating with well bred people; politeness; polished manners. 2. Facetiousness.
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