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haviour

haviour noun: demeanour, behaviour, comportment.

Noun

haviour (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Demeanour, behaviour, comportment.
    • To Faery court she came, where many one
      Admyrd her goodly haueour […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
      Nor the dejected haviour of the visage,
      Together with all forms, moods and shapes of grief,
      That can denote me truly.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Origin of haviour

From Middle English havour, from Anglo-Norman aveyr, Old French aveir.

Questions about haviour

What does haviour mean?
Haviour means demeanour, behaviour, comportment.
What part of speech is haviour?
Haviour is a noun.

Words near haviour in the dictionary

  1. having way
  2. having words
  3. havingness
  4. havings
  5. havior
  6. haviour
  7. Havis
  8. Havises
  9. Havisham
  10. Havisham-esque
  11. Havishamesque

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