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impolite

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im⋅po⋅lite

  [im-puh-lahyt]
–adjective
not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.
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Origin:
1605–15; < L impolītus rough, unpolished. See im-2 polite

Related forms:
im⋅po⋅lite⋅ly, adverb
im⋅po⋅lite⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
disrespectful; uncivil; insolent; boorish, ill-mannered, rough.
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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.
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Word Origin & History

impolite 
1612, "unrefined, rough," from L. impolitus, from in- "not" + politus "polished" (see polite). Sense of "discourteous, ill-mannered" is from 1739.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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