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    [Noun]  | "po*li*tesse" | \ ˌpä-li-ˈtes \


    1: formal politeness : decorousness


    Origin: 1683 ;

     French, from Middle French, cleanness, from Old Italian pulitezza, from pulito, past participle of pulire to polish, clean, from Latin polire;

     [ "Toujours la politesse" ]

    1: An expression (a French idiom actually = politeness always) a classy and cool person says whenever he/she has the right (in a certain context) to be rude but does not use this very right.

      * e.g.,  ... A: Hey, B, Mr. X is such a asshole when talking to you ! Why don't you just tell him to fuck off ? B: Well... Toujours la politesse ! 

     [ "Politesse" ]

    1: A fantastic trait displayed by many of the world's most significant individuals. This includes German painters.

      * e.g.,  ... Short and sweet: politesse is what they say about Asians! 

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