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Webster 1913 Edition


Discourteous

Dis-cour′te-ous

(?; see Courteous, 277)
,
Adj.
[Pref.
dis-
+
courteous
: cf. OF.
discortois
.]
Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.
–
Dis-cour′te-ous-ly
,
adv.
–
Dis-cour′te-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Discourteous

DISCOURTEOUS

,
Adj.
Discurteous. [dis and courteous.] Uncivil; rude; uncomplaisant; wanting in good manners; as discourteous knight.