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impolite

[ im-puh-lahyt ]
/ ˌɪm pəˈlaɪt /
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adjective

not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.

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RELATED WORDS

boorish, rude, disrespectful, churlish, crude, discourteous, ill-mannered, indecorous, indelicate, insolent, irritable, loutish, moody, oafish, rough, sullen, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly, unrefined

Nearby words

implosive, impluvium, imply, impolder, impolicy, impolite, impolitic, imponderabilia, imponderable, impone, imponent

Origin of impolite

First recorded in 1605–15, impolite is from the Latin word impolītus rough, unpolished. See im-2, polite
Related formsim·po·lite·ly, adverbim·po·lite·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for impolite

impolite

/ (ˌɪmpəˈlaɪt) /

adjective

discourteous; rude; uncivil
Derived Formsimpolitely, adverbimpoliteness, noun
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Word Origin and History for impolite

impolite

adj.

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.

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