polite

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Well-mannered, civilized.

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

2. 2
   adj

   Smooth, polished, burnished.

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

3. 3
   verb

   To polish; to refine; to render polite.

   those exercises plied, which polite men's spirits

4. 4
   adj

   showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

5. 5
   adj

   not rude

6. 6
   adj

   marked by refinement in taste and manners

7. 7
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

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