different between impolite vs supercilious
impolite
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impol?tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mp??la?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
Adjective
impolite (comparative impoliter or more impolite, superlative impolitest or most impolite)
- Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.
- Synonyms: discourteous, uncivil, rude, unpolite; see also Thesaurus:impolite
Derived terms
- impolitely
- impoliteness
Translations
Latin
Adjective
impol?te
- vocative masculine singular of impol?tus
References
- impolite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impolite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impolite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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supercilious
English
Etymology
From Latin supercili?sus (“haughty”), from supercilium (“eyebrow, arrogance”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sju?.p?(?)?s?.li.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s(j)u.p??s?.li.?s/
- Rhymes: -?li?s
Adjective
supercilious (comparative more supercilious, superlative most supercilious)
- Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
- Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious, contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as he called it, “a personal note”) to his party’s grass-roots members.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:arrogant
Derived terms
- superciliously
- superciliousness
Translations
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