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Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-puh-lahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪm pəˈlaɪt

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Définition of impolite

Origin :
  • 1610s, "unrefined, rough," from Latin impolitus "unpolished, rough, unrefined," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + politus "polished" (see polite). Sense of "discourteous, ill-mannered" is from 1739. Related: Impolitely; impoliteness.
  • adj having bad manners
Example sentences :
  • Calendar, he believed, was capable of prevarication, polite and impolite.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • How impolite it would be, after Miss Pease has forbidden it!
  • Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
  • Her offended tone aroused him now to the understanding that he was impolite.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Yes; but not so impolite as to ask an embarrassing question.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • No, that would be impolite, I will ride in front on horseback.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • It would have been impolite to have done so—like talking about sight to a blind man.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • "He knows it is impolite to interrupt the story," said her father.
  • Extract from : « John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein » by Frank R. Stockton
  • It would have been impolite, he assured himself, not to have done so.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Too great familiarity with new acquaintances is impolite as well as unwise.
  • Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway
  • She was impolite to us, and a sneak not to tell Tom Curtis what she had said about us.
  • Extract from : « Madge Morton's Secret » by Amy D. V. Chalmers

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