Meaning of etiquette | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of etiquette.
   alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
2. The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society.
   countable, uncountable
3. The manners or decent behaviour to be observed in social or professional life; conventional decorum; the ceremonial code of polite society
4. The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.
   countable, uncountable
5. The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other
6. A label used to indicate that a letter is to be sent by airmail.
   countable, uncountable
7. A label used to indicate that a letter is to be sent by airmail

Equivalents

Examples

“20 May 2018, Hadley Freeman in The Guardian, Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along? Much shock was expressed in the British press about the Palace’s utter failure to control the Markles and the Markles’ lack of etiquette.”

“Whenever Root would put his elbows on the table or clatter his dishes or commit any other breach of etiquette, the Professor would gently correct him.”

“Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.”

“It is not here meant that there ever was any positive rule or law, which prevented this freedom between barrister and attorney; but by the étiquette of the profession, the former preserved a dignity, that kept the latter at a distance—this is the barrier at present removed through the eagerness of barristers to procure business by flattering and courting attornies, who have the distribution of it.”

“The Duke de Choiseul—“The King of England, according to the established custom of diplomatic étiquette.” Madame de Pompadour—“Say rather the King of France; since, according to the étiquette you speak of, the King of England is called so; […”]”

“At least the étiquette did not require me to kiss any part of His Majesty’s clothing.”

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