incivil

From in- +‎ civil.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɪv.ɪl/

incivil (comparative more incivil, superlative most incivil)

1. (rare) Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
   • 2005, Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, 'Social Science and the Challenge of Relativism, ' -, →ISBN, page 235:

     "No matter how rude or incivil the existing habits of behavior, in other words, if the creature was in fact a human being, then he/she was necessarily endowed with a soul and thus with a capacity of understanding at least sufficient to absorb and retain Europe's instruction."

2. (rare) Uncivilized, barbarous.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:

     Oft haue I heard your Maieſtie complain,
     Of Tamburlaine that ſturdie Scythian thiefe,
     That robs your merchants of Perſepolis,
     Trading by land vnto the westerne Iſles,
     And in your confines with his lawleſſe traine,
     Daily commits inciuill outrages.

   • 2001, M. K. Gandhi, 'Non-Violent Resistance, ', →ISBN, page 182:

     "It will be essentially incivil and criminal."

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incivil (feminine incivile, masculine plural incivils, feminine plural inciviles)

1. uncivil

• “incivil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

From in- +‎ civil.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inθiˈbil/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /insiˈbil/
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: in‧ci‧vil

incivil m or f (masculine and feminine plural inciviles)

1. uncivil; impolite

   Antonym: civil

• “incivil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28