# urbanity

> English word · Noun · IPA /əːˈbæn.ɪ.ti/

## Definitions
1. Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
2. Urbanness.

## 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).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/urbanity