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Etiquette

Etiquette Meaning & Definition
Etiquette Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Etiquette?

[n] rules governing socially acceptable behavior

Synonyms | Synonyms for Etiquette:

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See Also | prescript | protocol | punctilio | rule

Etiquette In Webster's Dictionary

\Et"i*quette`\, n. [F. prop., a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents, a label, ticket, OF. estiquete, of German origin; cf. LG. stikke peg, pin, tack, stikken to stick, G. stecken. See {Stick}, and cf. {Ticket}.] The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance 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.

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