étiquette

plural étiquettes

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of etiquette.

   At least the étiquette did not require me to kiss any part of His Majesty’s clothing.

   2008, Catherine Delors, Mistress of the Revolution, Dutton, →ISBN, page 110

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   It is not here meant that there ever was any positive rule or law, which prevented this freedom between barrister and attorney; but by the étiquette of the profession, the former preserved a dignity, that kept the latter at a distance—this is the barrier at present removed through the eagerness of barristers to procure business by flattering and courting attornies, who have the distribution of it.

   1809, “Counsel”, in The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners. With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage., volume VI, London: […] for the Proprietors, by Harding and Wright, […]; […] Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, […]; J[ohn] Murray, […]; A[rchibald] Constable and Co., Edinburgh; […], page 212

   The Duke de Choiseul—“The King of England, according to the established custom of diplomatic étiquette.” Madame de Pompadour—“Say rather the King of France; since, according to the étiquette you speak of, the King of England is called so; […”]

   1811, J[ean-]L[ouis] Soulavie, the Elder, Historical Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Court of France, During the Favor of Madame de Pompadour; with Explanations of Twelve Engravings, Executed by Herself, Representing the Principal Events of the Reign of Louis the XVth, from Original Papers Preserved in the Port-folio of Madame la Marèchale D’***, London: […] John Dean, […] for William Lindsell, […] and Messrs. Longman, Rees, and Co., […], page 368