1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.] God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton.
2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.
DEMEANURE
De*mean"ure, n.
Defn: Behavior. [Obs.] Spenser.
DEMENCY
De"men*cy, n. Etym: [L. dementia, fr. demens mad. See Dement.]
Defn: Dementia; loss of mental powers. See Insanity.
DEMENT De*ment", v. t. Etym: [L. dementare, fr. demens, -mentis, out of one's mind, mad; de + mens mind. See Mental, and cf. Dementate.]
Defn: To deprive of reason; to make mad. [R.] Bale.
DEMENT
De*ment", a. Etym: [L. demens, -mentis.]
Defn: Demented; dementate. [R.] J. H. Newman.