\Ur*ban"i*ty\, n. [L. urbanitas; cf. F. urbanit['e].]
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.
Syn: Politeness; suavity; affability; courtesy.