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Definition of politesse - 2 dictionary results

pol⋅i⋅tesse

  [pol-i-tes; Fr. paw-lee-tes]
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–noun
formal politeness; courtesy.
Origin:
1710–20; < F: orig. clean or polished state < It politezza, var. of pulitezza (deriv. of polito polite )
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pol·i·tesse   (pŏl'ĭ-těs', pô'lē-)   
n.  Courteous formality; politeness: "the soul of uptown refinement and . . . politesse" (Russell Baker).

[French, from Old French, cleanliness, from Italian pulitezza, politezza, from pulire, to polish, clean, from Latin polīre; see polite.]
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