单词 | discourteousness |
释义 | discourteousnessn. Rudeness, impoliteness, discourtesy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] uncourtesyc1380 undebonairtya1400 rudessec1415 ruditya1450 plainness1465 ingratitude1477 ingratuity1528 uncourteousness1530 rudeness?1533 discourtesy1555 inhumanity1557 unrudeness?1562 incivility1612 discourtship1616 unpoliteness1693 discourteousness1727 impolitenessa1773 ungraciousness1836 rudery1869 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Discourteousness, uncivility, unkindness. a1777 J. White Adventures John of Gaunt (1790) I. viii. 123 Vulgarity and discourteousness may dwell within the bosom of one nobly born. 1833 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 10 July (1835) 303 There have been so many instances given of the discomfort and discourteousness which travellers encounter in America, [etc.]. 1866 H. B. Stowe Little Foxes 100 (heading) Discourteousness..I think one of the greatest destroyers of domestic peace is Discourtesy. 1928 Times 20 Sept. 8/3 Discourteousness seems to be a growing evil with those connected with the collection of income-tax. 1993 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 29 June 5 More than 40 per cent of customers said they had left a shop because of bad service or discourteousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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