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impolite - 4 dictionary results

im⋅po⋅lite

[im-puh-lahyt]
–adjective
not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.

Origin:
1605–15; < L impolītus rough, unpolished. See im-2 polite


im⋅po⋅lite⋅ly, adverb
im⋅po⋅lite⋅ness, noun


disrespectful; uncivil; insolent; boorish, ill-mannered, rough.
im·po·lite   (ĭm'pə-līt')   
adj.  Not polite; discourteous.

[Latin impolītus, unpolished, inelegant : in-, not; see in-1 + polītus, past participle of polīre, to polish; see polish.]
im'po·lite'ly adv., im'po·lite'ness n.

Impolite

Im`po*lite"\, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im- not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See Polite.] Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Im`po*lite"ness, n.
Language Translation for : impolite
Spanish: maleducado,
German: unhöflich,
Japanese: 失礼な

impolite 
1612, "unrefined, rough," from L. impolitus, from in- "not" + politus "polished" (see polite). Sense of "discourteous, ill-mannered" is from 1739.
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