Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not polite; discourteous.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unpolished; unfinished.
  • Unpolished in manner; not polite; ill-mannered; rude; uncivil.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not polite

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin impolītus, unpolished, inelegant : in-, not; see in– + polītus, past participle of polīre, to polish; see polish.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From the Latin impolitus, not polite.

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  • All cultures have rules for polite and impolite behavior.

    May 20, 2009

  • Daffynition: A flaming goblin. (imp-alight)

    June 16, 2012