impolite
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin impolītus. Equivalent to im- + polite.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
impolite (comparative impoliter or more impolite, superlative impolitest or most impolite)
- Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.
- Synonyms: discourteous, uncivil, rude, unpolite; see also Thesaurus:impolite
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
not polite
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LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
impolīte
ReferencesEdit
- “impolite”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “impolite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impolite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette