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See also: Polite
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“I polish, smooth”); see polish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
polite (comparative politer or more polite, superlative politest or most polite)
- Well-mannered, civilized.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
- He marries, bows at court, and grows polite.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
- It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
- (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
- 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks:
- rays of light […] falling on […] a polite surface
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:polite
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
well-mannered
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Verb[edit]
polite (third-person singular simple present polites, present participle politing, simple past and past participle polited)
- (obsolete, transitive) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ray to this entry?)
References[edit]
- “polite” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
Further reading[edit]
- polite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- polite in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
polite f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
polīte
References[edit]
- polite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- polite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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