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Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay.

Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable.

Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression. The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be. Chesterfield. The sweet civilities of life. Dryden.

In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.

e of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. Milton. Many a compliment politely penned. Cowper. To make one a compliment, to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way.Locke. -- To make one's compliments to, to offer formal courtesias to. -- To stand on compliment, to treat with ceremony.…

o conceited Or to passion quickly heated. Swift. Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness. Bentley.

Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt.

The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.

g to, or exxpressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant. A patient and courteous bearing. Prescott. His behavior toward his people is grave and courteous. Fuller.

The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.

Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness. And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. Milton. Pardon me, Messer Claudio, if once more I use the ancient courtesies…

After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.

Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering. In courtly company or at my beads. Shak.

A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent.

Marked; special. The most distinguished politeness. Mad. D' Arblay.

A variety of scapolite.

ervance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society. The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth. Prescott.

Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.

fest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness. The sky doth frown and lower upon our army. Shak.

Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.