demure

Meanings

Adjective

• Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.
• Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.

Verb

• To look demurely.

Origin

• From Middle English demure, demwre, of uncertain formation, but probably from Old French meur (Modern French mûr) from Latin mātūrus. The "de-" is "of", as in "of maturity".