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Polite

//pəˈlaɪt// adj, name, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Well-mannered, civilized.

    "It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant."

  2. 2
    Smooth, polished, burnished. obsolete

    "rays of light […]falling on […]a polite surface"

Adjective
  1. 1
    showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. wordnet
  2. 2
    not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others wordnet
  3. 3
    marked by refinement in taste and manners wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    To polish; to refine; to render polite. obsolete, transitive

    "those exercises plied, which polite men's spirits"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“I polish, smooth”); see polish.

Etymology 2

From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“I polish, smooth”); see polish.

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