Etymology

impolite

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Today it means: Not polite; discourteous; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners. Full definition →

Latin impolītus
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromimpolītus
  2. English todayimpolite

Learned borrowing from Latin impolītus. Equivalent to im- + polite.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.