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polite
English
Etymology
From Latin pol?tus (“polished”), past participle of poli? (“I polish, smooth”); see polish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??la?t/
Adjective
polite (comparative politer or more polite, superlative politest or most polite)
- Well-mannered, civilized.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
- He marries, bows at court, and grows polite.
- 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst
- (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
- rays of light […] falling on […] a polite surface
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:polite
Antonyms
- impolite
- rude
Derived terms
- over-polite
- politeness
- polite literature
- polite society
Related terms
- polish
Translations
Verb
polite (third-person singular simple present polites, present participle politing, simple past and past participle polited)
- (obsolete, transitive) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “polite”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Further reading
- polite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- polite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- piolet, topile
Italian
Adjective
polite f pl
- feminine plural of polito
Anagrams
- pilote
Latin
Verb
pol?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of poli?
References
- polite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- polite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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snood
English
Alternative forms
- snod, sneed
Etymology
From Middle English snod, from Old English sn?d (“headdress, fillet, snood”), from Proto-Germanic *sn?d? (“rope, string”), from Proto-Indo-European *snoh?téh? (“yarn, thread”), from *sneh?(i)- (“to twist, wind, weave, plait”). Cognate with Scots snuid (“snood”), Swedish snod, snodd (“twist, twine”). Compare also Old Saxon sn?va (“necklace”), Old Norse snúa (“to turn, twist”), snúðr (“a twist, twirl”), English needle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snu?d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
Noun
snood (plural snoods)
- A band or ribbon for keeping the hair in place, including the hair-band formerly worn in Scotland and northern England by young unmarried women.
- A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
- Hypernym: hairnet
- Hyponym: shpitzel
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 264:
- serious girls with their hair in snoods entered numbers into logbooks […]
- The flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
- Coordinate terms: caruncle, comb, cockscomb, crest, wattle
- 2000, Gary Clancy, Turkey Hunting Tactics, page 8
- A fingerlike projection called a snood hangs over the front of the beak. When the tom is alert, the snood constricts and projects vertically as a fleshy bump at the top rear of the beak.
- A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.
- A piece of clothing to keep the neck warm; neckwarmer.
Translations
Verb
snood (third-person singular simple present snoods, present participle snooding, simple past and past participle snooded)
- To keep the hair in place with a snood.
- 1792, Robert Burns, "Tam Lin" (a Scottish popular ballad)
- Janet has kilted her green kirtle
A little aboon her knee,
And she has snooded her yellow hair
A little aboon her bree,
- Janet has kilted her green kirtle
- 1792, Robert Burns, "Tam Lin" (a Scottish popular ballad)
Translations
Further reading
- snood (headgear) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Ondos, donos, doons
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch snôde, from Old Dutch *sn?thi, from Proto-Germanic *snauþuz (“bald, naked, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksnéw-tu-s, from the root *ksnew- (“to scrape, sharpen”). Cognates include German schnöde and Old Norse snauðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sno?t/
- Hyphenation: snood
- Rhymes: -o?t
Adjective
snood (comparative snoder, superlative snoodst)
- villanous and criminal
Inflection
Derived terms
- snodelijk
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