Inurbanity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of urbanity or courtesy; bad manners. countable, uncountable

    "c. 1629 Joseph Hall, Answer to Pope Urban his inurbanity expressed, in a brief against the Protestants of France"

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coarsenessimpolitenessincivilityinsensitivityprovincialismrudeness

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"c. 1629 Joseph Hall, Answer to Pope Urban his inurbanity expressed, in a brief against the Protestants of France"

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Compare French inurbanité.

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