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Etiquette - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Etiquette : (noun)
1: rules governing socially acceptable behavior
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Etiquette : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Etiquette |
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anotorias: Texting Indiscretions and Evite Etiquette - Gadgetwise Blog - NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/8lGFDY |
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TiffanyMurrow: RT @ploked Twitter Etiquette: Is it Wrong To Ask For a Retweet? | ploked.com - http://bit.ly/10IQuj |
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amandaplease17: Some people need to learn bus Etiquette. |
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