Polite
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polite¹
- /pəˈlaɪt/
Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“to polish, smooth”); see polish.
adjective politer · more polite · politest · most polite
- Well-mannered, civilized. It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.
- Smooth, polished, burnished. rays of light […]falling on […]a polite surface
Similar: civil, gracious, civilized, complaisant, correct, courteous, cultivated, fair-mannered, genteel, mannerly, polished, polite
verb polites · politing · polited
- To polish; to refine; to render polite. those exercises plied, which polite men's spirits
Polite²
proper noun Polites
- A surname.
