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manners

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?mæn.?z/
  • Homophone: manors

Noun

manners

  1. plural of manner

Noun

manners pl (plural only)

  1. Etiquette.
    • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 39:
      O, how thy worth with manners may I sing,
      When thou art all the better part of me?
    Political correctness is tyranny with manners. ? Charlton Heston

Derived terms

  • good manners
  • bad manners
  • well-mannered
  • ill-mannered
  • table manners

Translations

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underbred

English

Alternative forms

  • under-bred

Etymology

From under- +? bred.

Adjective

underbred (comparative more underbred, superlative most underbred)

  1. Of inferior breeding or upbringing; vulgar, lacking in manners or finesse.
    • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 423:
      The art of governing these under-bred varlets lies more in the dignity of looks than in words […] .
  2. (of animals) Not purebred; of an inferior strain.

Synonyms

  • (manners): uncouth, rude, impolite

Antonyms

  • (breeding): thoroughbred

Verb

underbred

  1. simple past tense and past participle of underbreed

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