polite
adj/pəˈlaɪt/
Etymology
From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“to polish, smooth”); see polish.
Definitions
Well-mannered, civilized.
- It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.
- Try and be polite to Auntie Maria for once.
- He marries, bows at court, and grows polite.
Smooth, polished, burnished.
- rays of light […]falling on […]a polite surface
To polish
To polish; to refine; to render polite.
- those exercises plied, which polite men's spirits
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A surname.
The neighborhood
- synonymcivil
- synonymcivilized
- synonymcomplaisant
- synonymcorrect
- synonymcourteous
- synonymcultivated
- synonymfair-mannered
- synonymgenteel
- synonymmannerly
- synonympolished
- synonympolite
- synonympolitic
- antonymimpolite
- antonymrude
- antonymbad-mannered
- antonymill-mannered
- neighborpolish
- neighborfriendly
- neighborkindly
- neighborvalid
- neighborchivalrous
- neighborgallant
- neighborgentlemanlike
- neighborgentlemanly
- neighborrespectful
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at polite. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at polite. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at polite
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA