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Webster 1913 Edition


Incivility

Inˊci-vil′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Incivilities
(#)
.
[L.
incivilitas
: cf. F.
incivilité
.]
1.
The quality or state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness of manner; impoliteness.
Shak. Tillotson.
2.
Any act of rudeness or ill breeding.
Uncomely jests, loud talking and jeering, which, in civil account, are called indecencies and
incivilities
.
Jer. Taylor.
Syn. – Impoliteness; uncourteousness; unmannerliness; disrespect; rudeness; discourtesy.

Webster 1828 Edition


Incivility

INCIVIL'ITY

,
Noun.
Want of courtesy; rudeness of manners towards others; impoliteness.
1.
Any act of rudeness or ill breeding; with a plural. Loud laughter and uncomely jests in respectable company, are incivilities and indecencies.