How is Demure used in a sentence?

As a family might say it: "I didn't finish the whole cake, very Demure of me." The LexZicon keeps one line like this for every term, so the word is read the way it lands at home and not only as a definition. Hearing it in a sentence is usually what tells a brand whether the word fits inside family life.

Why is Demure in the LexZicon?

Because families use it. The LexZicon is Famdom's dictionary of family language: the words children, parents and grandparents actually say, decoded so a brand can follow what a household means. Demure is one of the hundred terms of the 2026 wordlist, each with a definition and a sentence, and every entry links on to the next term and to the A to Z.

Demure

Decoded

/dih-MYOOR/

The definition

Describes behaving modestly, calmly and composed, often used ironically to praise restrained or "proper" behavior.

The entry

In a sentence: "I didn't finish the whole cake, very Demure of me."
Not to be confused with: Dad Joke Delulu Drip
Origin: Decoded by Famdom from the words families used in 2026, for the LexZicon wordlist.

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Questions about this piece

What does Demure mean?: In the LexZicon, Demure is describes behaving modestly, calmly and composed, often used ironically to praise restrained or "proper" behavior. Pronounced /dih-MYOOR/, it sits under D in Famdom's dictionary of the words families use.
How is Demure used in a sentence?: As a family might say it: "I didn't finish the whole cake, very Demure of me." The LexZicon keeps one line like this for every term, so the word is read the way it lands at home and not only as a definition. Hearing it in a sentence is usually what tells a brand whether the word fits inside family life.
Why is Demure in the LexZicon?: Because families use it. The LexZicon is Famdom's dictionary of family language: the words children, parents and grandparents actually say, decoded so a brand can follow what a household means. Demure is one of the hundred terms of the 2026 wordlist, each with a definition and a sentence, and every entry links on to the next term and to the A to Z.