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impolite(dictionary)

impolite (iou)



impolite adjective. E17.
[Latin impolitus, formed as IM-2 + politus POLITE.]
Not polished; fig. unrefined. Only in 17.
Not courteous; uncivil, ill-mannered, rude. M18.
K. Vonnegut She imagined that I used certain impolite words..to cause a sensation. A. S. Byatt Celia felt it would be impolite to ask how old he was.
impolitely adverb M18.
impoliteness noun L18.