etiquette
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et·i·quette

noun \ˈe-ti-kət, -ˌket\

Definition of ETIQUETTE

: the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life

Examples of ETIQUETTE

  1. Her failure to respond to the invitation was a serious breach of etiquette.
  2. <the couple exhibited poor etiquette when they left the party without saying good-bye to the host and hostess>

Origin of ETIQUETTE

French étiquette, literally, ticket — more at ticket
First Known Use: 1750

Other Sociology Terms

bourgeois, ethos, eugenics, exurb, incommunicado, intelligentsia, megalopolis, metrosexual, mores, subculture

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