Word Meanings - UNPOLITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not polite; impolite; rude. -- Un`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Un`po*lite"ness, n.

Related words: (words related to UNPOLITE)

• POLITENESS
  1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. Evelyn. 2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions. Syn. -- Courtesy; good breeding; refinement; urbanity;
• POLITE
  1. Smooth; polished. Rays of light falling on a polite surface. Sir I. Newton. 2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil. He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. Pope. 3. Characterized
• IMPOLITE
  Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Im`po*lite"ness, n.
• POLITESSE
  Politeness.
• POLITELY
  1. In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy. Milton. 2. In a polite manner; with politeness.
• ANTHROPOLITE
  A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
• UNPOLITE
  Not polite; impolite; rude. -- Un`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Un`po*lite"ness, n.
• POSPOLITE
  A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which, in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the country.
• TYPOLITE
  A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.
• METROPOLITE
  A metropolitan. Barrow.
• CARPOLITE
  A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
• COSMOPOLITAN; COSMOPOLITE
  One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
• SCAPOLITE
  A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is esentially a silicate of aluminia and soda. Note: The scapolite group includes scapolite proper, or wernerite, also meionite, dipyre, etc.
• MONOPOLITE
  A monopolist. Sylvester.
• COSMOPOLITE
  See COSMOPOLITAN