adj. (demurer, demurest)
1. composed, quiet, and reserved; modest.
2 affectedly shy and quiet; coy.
3 decorous (a demure high collar).
Derivatives:
demurely adv. demureness n.
Etymology: ME, perh. f. AF demur{eacute} f. OF demor{eacute} past part. of demorer remain, stay (as DEMUR): infl. by OF me{uuml}r f. L maturus ripe