impolite
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin impolītus. Equivalent to im- + polite.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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 terms
Translations
not polite
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Latin
Adjective
impolīte
References
- “impolite”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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.
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