politefuladj.

Brit.

/pəˈlʌɪtf(ʊ)l/, U.S.

/pəˈlaɪtf(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polite adj., -ful suffix.

Etymology: < polite adj. + -ful suffix.

Now rare.

Polite, courteous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective]

metheOE

hendc1225

debonairc1230

hendya1250

courteousc1275

hendlyc1275

bonairc1300

quaintc1300

sweetc1330

graciousa1375

meetha1400

debonary1402

debonariousc1485

humanec1500

civil1565

genty1660

discreet1739

polite1751

politeful1832

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined

well-polished1485

civil?1538

politic1596

cult1598

refined1598

inlanda1616

facete1616

urbane1623

terse1628

gentilitat1632

polite1751

politeful1832

1832 M. Scott Tom Cringle in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 197/1 ‘I say, Blackie.’... ‘John Lodge, massa, if you please, massa; Blackie is not politeful.’

1886 T. H. Huxley Let. 22 Sept. in Life & Lett. (1900) II. 142 I have written to Lubbock..with unmistakable distinctness as politeful as may be.

1896 Daily News 27 June 8/4 They were not politeful these footpads.

1913 J. London God of his Fathers vi. 147 You haf asked me to be politeful, und now I am politeful.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	politeful
释义	politefuladj. Brit. /pəˈlʌɪtf(ʊ)l/, U.S. /pəˈlaɪtf(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polite adj., -ful suffix. Etymology: < polite adj. + -ful suffix. Now rare. Polite, courteous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] metheOE hendc1225 debonairc1230 hendya1250 courteousc1275 hendlyc1275 bonairc1300 quaintc1300 sweetc1330 graciousa1375 meetha1400 debonary1402 debonariousc1485 humanec1500 civil1565 genty1660 discreet1739 polite1751 politeful1832 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > polished or refined well-polished1485 civil?1538 politic1596 cult1598 refined1598 inlanda1616 facete1616 urbane1623 terse1628 gentilitat1632 polite1751 politeful1832 1832 M. Scott Tom Cringle in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 197/1 ‘I say, Blackie.’... ‘John Lodge, massa, if you please, massa; Blackie is not politeful.’ 1886 T. H. Huxley Let. 22 Sept. in Life & Lett. (1900) II. 142 I have written to Lubbock..with unmistakable distinctness as politeful as may be. 1896 Daily News 27 June 8/4 They were not politeful these footpads. 1913 J. London God of his Fathers vi. 147 You haf asked me to be politeful, und now I am politeful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1832
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