nepoliticos

Forms

nepoliticos m or n (feminine singular nepoliticoasă, masculine plural nepoliticoși, feminine/neuter plural nepoliticoase)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from Romanian ne- + politicos.^[2][3][1] The base politicos “polite” is from Modern Greek πολιτικός (politikós).^[4][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The word is already in Antonescu's Romanian–French dictionary of 1875, glossed with French impoli “impolite”.^[5] MDA2 gives no earlier record than the DEX of 1975.^[3]

Semantic evolution

The sense has stayed the same, “lacking politeness”.^[2] Barcianu's dictionary of 1886 glosses it with German unhöflich, unartig and unanständig “impolite, ill-mannered, indecent”, and Scriban (1939) adds the sense “boorish” and its use as an adverb.^[6][7]

Timeline

• 1875 – nepoliticosu, glossed with French impoli.^[5]
• 1886 – in Barcianu's Romanian–German dictionary.^[6]
• 1893–1895 – in Damé's dictionary, with the feminine nepoliticoasă.^[8]
• 1975 – the first record MDA2 gives, in the DEX.^[3]

Meanings

Adjective

1. impolite, rude: lacking politețe.^[2][3][1]

Related words

• politicos
• politețe

Usage notes

The word is also used as an adverb: s-a purtat nepoliticos “he behaved rudely”.^[7]

References

1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c DEX (2009), Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române [Explanatory dictionary of the Romanian language], Bucharest: Editura Univers Enciclopedic, p. 709
3. ^ a b c d Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 139
4. ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” (2010), Micul dicționar academic, 2nd ed., 4 vols., București: Univers Enciclopedic Gold, p. 2, 455
5. ^ a b Antonescu, G. M. (1875), Dictionariu romanu-francesu, Bucuresci: Typografia Curții (Lucrători Associați), p. 199
6. ^ a b Barcianu, Sava Popovici (1886), Dicționar român-germân și germân-român, revised by D. P. Barcianu, part I: român-germân, Sibiu: Institut tipografic, p. 420
7. ^ a b Scriban, August (1939), Dicționaru limbii românești (etimologii, înțelesuri, exemple, citațiuni, arhaizme, neologizme, provincializme), Iași: Presa Bună, p. 867
8. ^ Damé, Frédéric (1893–1895), Nouveau dictionnaire roumain-français, 4 vols., Bucarest: Imprimerie de l'État, p. s.v. nepoliticos