URBAN Ur"ban, a. Etym: [L. urbanus belonging to the urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain. Cf. Urbane.]
1. Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
2. Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners. Urban servitude. See Predial servitude, under Servitude.
URBANE
Ur*bane", a. Etym: [See Urban.]
Defn: Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant.
URBANISTE
Ur"ban*iste, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A large and delicious pear or Flemish origin.
URBANITY
Ur*ban"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanité.]
1. The quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. The marquis did the honors of his house with the urbanity of his country. W. Irving.
2. Polite wit; facetiousness. [Obs.] Dryden. Raillery in the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humor falters. L'Estrange.