| slovo | definícia |
polite
(mass) | polite
- elegantný, kultúrny, spoločenský |
polite
(encz) | polite,elegantní adj: mamm |
polite
(encz) | polite,kultivovaný adj: mamm |
polite
(encz) | polite,kulturní adj: mamm |
polite
(encz) | polite,salónní adj: mamm |
polite
(encz) | polite,slušný adj: ~ answer mamm |
polite
(encz) | polite,společenský adj: mamm |
polite
(encz) | polite,ušlechtilý adj: mamm |
polite
(encz) | polite,zdvořilý adj: Ritchie |
polite
(encz) | polite,zušlechtěný adj: mamm |
Polite
(gcide) | Polite \Po*lite"\, a. [Compar. Politer; superl. Politest.]
[L. politus, p. p. of polire to polish: cf. F. poli. See
Polish, v.]
1. Smooth; polished. [Obs.]
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Rays of light falling on a polite surface. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred;
courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
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He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. --Pope.
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3. Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish;
as, polite literature. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Polished; refined; well bred; courteous; affable;
urbane; civil; courtly; elegant; genteel.
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Polite
(gcide) | Polite \Po*lite"\, v. t.
To polish; to refine; to render polite. [Obs.] --Ray.
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polite
(wn) | polite
adj 1: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior,
etc. [ant: impolite]
2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel
old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised,
cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]
3: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal)
adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy
consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he
should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham [syn: civil,
polite] [ant: rude, uncivil] |
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cosmopolite
(encz) | cosmopolite,kosmopolitní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
do the polite
(encz) | do the polite,snažit se chovat zdvořile v: mamm |
impolite
(encz) | impolite,neslušný impolite,nezdvořilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
impolitely
(encz) | impolitely, |
impoliteness
(encz) | impoliteness,nezdvořilost n: Zdeněk Brož |
polite learning
(encz) | polite learning,klasické vzdělání mamm |
politely
(encz) | politely,zdvořile adv: Ritchie |
politeness
(encz) | politeness,slušnost n: Zdeněk Brožpoliteness,zdvořilost n: Zdeněk Brož |
politer
(encz) | politer,slušnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
politesse
(encz) | politesse,galantnost n: Zdeněk Brožpolitesse,slušnost n: Zdeněk Brožpolitesse,uhlazenost n: Zdeněk Brožpolitesse,zdvořilost n: Zdeněk Brož |
politest
(encz) | politest,nejzdvořilejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unpolite
(encz) | unpolite,nezdvořilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
with politeness
(encz) | with politeness, adv: |
Anthropolite
(gcide) | Anthropolite \An*throp"o*lite\, n. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -lite.]
(Paleon.)
A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
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Carpolite
(gcide) | Carpolite \Car"po*lite\ (k[aum]r"p[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr.
karpo`s fruit + -lite, cf. F. carpolithe.]
A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
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Cosmopolite
(gcide) | Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\, Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\,
a.
1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from
local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.
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In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively
national, in Germany it is certainly too
cosmopolite. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of
the world.
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The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen.
[1913 Webster]Cosmopolitan \Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite
\Cos*mop"o*lite\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kosmopoli`ths; ko`smos
the world + poli`ths citizen, po`lis city: cf. F.
cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.]
One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every
place; a citizen of the world.
[1913 Webster] CosmopolitanCosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (-m?p"?-l?t), a. & n.
See Cosmopolitan.
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Impolite
(gcide) | Impolite \Im`po*lite"\, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im-
not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See
Polite.]
Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners;
discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. --
Im`po*lite"ness, n.
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Impolitely
(gcide) | Impolite \Im`po*lite"\, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im-
not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See
Polite.]
Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners;
discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. --
Im`po*lite"ness, n.
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Impoliteness
(gcide) | Impolite \Im`po*lite"\, a. [L. impolitus unpolishied, pref. im-
not + politus, p. p. of polire to polish, refine. See
Polite.]
Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners;
discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. --
Im`po*lite"ness, n.
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Metropolite
(gcide) | Metropolite \Me*trop"o*lite\, n. [L. metropolita, Gr. ?.]
A metropolitan. --Barrow.
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Monopolite
(gcide) | Monopolite \Mo*nop"o*lite\, n.
A monopolist. --Sylvester.
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Polite
(gcide) | Polite \Po*lite"\, a. [Compar. Politer; superl. Politest.]
[L. politus, p. p. of polire to polish: cf. F. poli. See
Polish, v.]
1. Smooth; polished. [Obs.]
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Rays of light falling on a polite surface. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred;
courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
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He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. --Pope.
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3. Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish;
as, polite literature. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Polished; refined; well bred; courteous; affable;
urbane; civil; courtly; elegant; genteel.
[1913 Webster]Polite \Po*lite"\, v. t.
To polish; to refine; to render polite. [Obs.] --Ray.
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Politely
(gcide) | Politely \Po*lite"ly\, adv.
1. In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy. [Obs.]
--Milton.
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2. In a polite manner; with politeness.
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Politeness
(gcide) | Politeness \Po*lite"ness\, n.
1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. [R.]
--Evelyn.
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2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of
manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance;
obliging attentions.
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Syn: Courtesy; good breeding; refinement; urbanity;
courteousness; affability; complaisance; civility;
gentility; courtliness.
Usage: Politeness, Courtesy. Politeness denotes that ease
and gracefulness of manners which first sprung up in
cities, connected with a desire to please others by
anticipating their wants and wishes, and studiously
avoiding whatever might give them pain. Courtesy is,
etymologically, the politeness of courts. It displays
itself in the address and manners; it is shown more
especially in receiving and entertaining others, and
is a union of dignified complaisance and kindness.
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Politer
(gcide) | Polite \Po*lite"\, a. [Compar. Politer; superl. Politest.]
[L. politus, p. p. of polire to polish: cf. F. poli. See
Polish, v.]
1. Smooth; polished. [Obs.]
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Rays of light falling on a polite surface. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred;
courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
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He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. --Pope.
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3. Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish;
as, polite literature. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Polished; refined; well bred; courteous; affable;
urbane; civil; courtly; elegant; genteel.
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Polites Peckius
(gcide) | Yellow \Yel"low\ (y[e^]l"l[-o]), a. [Compar. Yellower
(y[e^]l"l[-o]*[~e]r); superl. Yellowest.] [OE. yelow,
yelwe, [yogh]elow, [yogh]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D.
geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan.
guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. chlo`n young verdure, chlwro`s
greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [root]49. Cf.
Chlorine, Gall a bitter liquid, Gold, Yolk.]
1. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold
or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or
of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the
green.
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Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
--Chaucer.
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A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought
First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
--Milton.
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The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble.
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2. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he
has a yellow streak. [Slang]
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3. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers,
etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [Colloq.]
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Yellow atrophy (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in
which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly
smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms
are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and
jaundice.
Yellow bark, calisaya bark.
Yellow bass (Zool.), a North American fresh-water bass
(Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the
Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with
several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called
also barfish.
Yellow berry. (Bot.) Same as Persian berry, under
Persian.
Yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot.
Yellow brier. (Bot.) See under Brier.
Yellow bugle (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga
Chamaepitys}).
Yellow bunting (Zool.), the European yellow-hammer.
Yellow cat (Zool.), a yellow catfish; especially, the
bashaw.
Yellow copperas (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; --
called also copiapite.
Yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper
pyrites. See Chalcopyrite.
Yellow cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant
(Barbarea praecox), sometimes grown as a salad plant.
Yellow dock. (Bot.) See the Note under Dock.
Yellow earth, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes
used as a yellow pigment.
Yellow fever (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile
disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice,
producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black
vomit. See Black vomit, in the Vocabulary.
Yellow flag, the quarantine flag. See under Quarantine,
and 3d Flag.
Yellow jack.
(a) The yellow fever. See under 2d Jack.
(b) The quarantine flag. See under Quarantine.
Yellow jacket (Zool.), any one of several species of
American social wasps of the genus Vespa, in which the
color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are
noted for their irritability, and for their painful
stings.
Yellow lead ore (Min.), wulfenite.
Yellow lemur (Zool.), the kinkajou.
Yellow macauco (Zool.), the kinkajou.
Yellow mackerel (Zool.), the jurel.
Yellow metal. Same as Muntz metal, under Metal.
Yellow ocher (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown
iron ore, which is used as a pigment.
Yellow oxeye (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant
(Chrysanthemum segetum) closely related to the oxeye
daisy.
Yellow perch (Zool.), the common American perch. See
Perch.
Yellow pike (Zool.), the wall-eye.
Yellow pine (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also,
their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the
most common are valuable species are Pinus mitis and
Pinus palustris of the Eastern and Southern States, and
Pinus ponderosa and Pinus Arizonica of the Rocky
Mountains and Pacific States.
Yellow plover (Zool.), the golden plover.
Yellow precipitate (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which
is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding
corrosive sublimate to limewater.
Yellow puccoon. (Bot.) Same as Orangeroot.
Yellow rail (Zool.), a small American rail ({Porzana
Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow,
darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish
yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also
yellow crake.
Yellow rattle, Yellow rocket. (Bot.) See under Rattle,
and Rocket.
Yellow Sally (Zool.), a greenish or yellowish European
stone fly of the genus Chloroperla; -- so called by
anglers.
Yellow sculpin (Zool.), the dragonet.
Yellow snake (Zool.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus
inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to
ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed
with black, and anteriorly with black lines.
Yellow spot.
(a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the
fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where
vision is most accurate. See Eye.
(b) (Zool.) A small American butterfly (Polites Peckius)
of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a
large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the
hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also
Peck's skipper. See Illust. under Skipper, n., 5.
Yellow tit (Zool.), any one of several species of crested
titmice of the genus Machlolophus, native of India. The
predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green.
Yellow viper (Zool.), the fer-de-lance.
Yellow warbler (Zool.), any one of several species of
American warblers of the genus Dendroica in which the
predominant color is yellow, especially {Dendroica
aestiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species;
-- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, {summer
yellowbird}, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler.
Yellow wash (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in
water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate
to limewater.
Yellow wren (Zool.)
(a) The European willow warbler.
(b) The European wood warbler.
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Politesse
(gcide) | Politesse \Pol`i*tesse"\, n. [F.]
Politeness.
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Politest
(gcide) | Polite \Po*lite"\, a. [Compar. Politer; superl. Politest.]
[L. politus, p. p. of polire to polish: cf. F. poli. See
Polish, v.]
1. Smooth; polished. [Obs.]
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Rays of light falling on a polite surface. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred;
courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
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He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. --Pope.
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3. Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish;
as, polite literature. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Polished; refined; well bred; courteous; affable;
urbane; civil; courtly; elegant; genteel.
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Pospolite
(gcide) | Pospolite \Pos"po*lite\, n. [Pol. pospolite ruszenie a general
summons to arms, an arriere-ban; pospolity general + ruszenie
a stirring.]
A kind of militia in Poland, consisting of the gentry, which,
in case of invasion, was summoned to the defense of the
country.
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Scapolite
(gcide) | Scapolite \Scap"o*lite\ (sk[a^]p"[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. ? a
staff, or L. scapus a stem, stalk + -lite: cf. F. scapolite.]
(Mon.)
A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and
in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina
and soda.
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Note: The scapolite group includes scapolite proper, or
wernerite, also meionite, dipyre, etc.
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Typolite
(gcide) | Typolite \Typ"o*lite\, n. [Gr. ? image, type + -lite: cf. F.
typolithe.] (Min.)
A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of
plants and animals.
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Unpolite
(gcide) | Unpolite \Un`po*lite"\, a.
Not polite; impolite; rude. -- Un`po*lite"ly, adv. --
Un`po*lite"ness, n.
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Unpolitely
(gcide) | Unpolite \Un`po*lite"\, a.
Not polite; impolite; rude. -- Un`po*lite"ly, adv. --
Un`po*lite"ness, n.
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Unpoliteness
(gcide) | Unpolite \Un`po*lite"\, a.
Not polite; impolite; rude. -- Un`po*lite"ly, adv. --
Un`po*lite"ness, n.
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cosmopolite
(wn) | cosmopolite
n 1: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
[syn: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite] |
impolite
(wn) | impolite
adj 1: not polite [ant: polite] |
impolitely
(wn) | impolitely
adv 1: in an impolite manner; "he treated her impolitely" [syn:
impolitely, discourteously, rudely] [ant:
courteously, politely] |
impoliteness
(wn) | impoliteness
n 1: a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage
[ant: niceness, politeness] |
politely
(wn) | politely
adv 1: in a polite manner; "the policeman answered politely,
`Now look here, lady...'" [syn: politely,
courteously] [ant: discourteously, impolitely,
rudely] |
politeness
(wn) | politeness
n 1: a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
[syn: politeness, niceness] [ant: impoliteness]
2: the act of showing regard for others [syn: politeness,
civility] |
politesse
(wn) | politesse
n 1: courtesy towards women [syn: chivalry, gallantry,
politesse] |
politeness
(devil) | POLITENESS, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.
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COSMOPOLITE
(bouvier) | COSMOPOLITE. A citizen of the world; one who has no fixed. residence. Vide
Citizen.
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