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Antonyms for etiquette


Grammar : Noun
Spell : et-i-kit, -ket
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛt ɪ kɪt, -ˌkɛt



Definition of etiquette

Origin :
  • 1750, from French étiquette "prescribed behavior," from Old French estiquette "label, ticket" (see ticket).
  • The sense development in French perhaps is from small cards written or printed with instructions for how to behave properly at court (cf. Italian etichetta, Spanish etiqueta), and/or from behavior instructions written on a soldier's billet for lodgings (the main sense of the Old French word).
  • noun manners, politeness
Example sentences :
  • You know better than any one else the etiquette of the Spanish Court.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • What do you think, eh, of the etiquette which compels him to such loneliness?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • For that breach of etiquette I had to humiliate you that Royal dignity might be preserved.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • When the decent distance of etiquette separated us we resumed our paddles.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • A battle should be like a stately minuet, with no loss of dignity or of etiquette.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Perfect silence at Reisenburg, then, was etiquette and the fashion.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • But the etiquette of the bush does not demand much in coats.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • All this etiquette is a dodge for keeping the business in the hands of the older men.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • And if he has the appetite, he will have the soup, etiquette or no etiquette.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various
  • They have that native pride that demands a certain amount of etiquette and deference.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

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