Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Exhibiting no courtesy; rude.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Wanting in courtesy; uncivil; rude.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective impolite; lacking consideration for others

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective showing no courtesy; rude
  • adjective lacking social graces

Etymologies

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dis- +‎ courteous

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