etiquette (etiket)

[F. étiquette, f., formerly also étiquet, m., a ticket, a label, hence (> Sp. Pg. etiqueta = It. etichetta ), conventional forms (of a court, of society, etc.), a mod. sense due to the use of tickets giving information or directions as to the observances to be followed on particular occasions. See ticket, the earlier E. form.] 1. A ticket or label, specifically one attached to a specimen of natural history. [Rare.]-2. Conventional requirement or custom in regard to social behavior or observance; prescriptive usage, especially in polite society or for ceremonial intercourse; propriety of conduct as established in any cla or community or for any occasion; good manners; polite behavior. Without hesitation ki the slipper, or whatever else the etiquette of that court requires. Chesterfield. In strict etiquette , the visitor should not, at first, suffer his hands to appear, when entering the room, or when E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 255. seated. Etiquette , with all its littlene es and niceties, is found ed upon a central idea of right and wrong. Dr. J. Brown , Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 279. A strangled titter, out of which there brake On all sides, clamouring etiquette to death, Unmeasured mirth. Tennyson, Prince , v. etna (et'nä), n. [ Etna , It. Etna , Ætna , Αίτνη , a volcano in Sicily; perhaps con- nected with Gr. αἴθειν , burn: see ether1 .] A ve el used for heating water in the sick-room or at table, consisting of a cup or vase for the water, with a fixed saucer surrounding it in which alcohol is burned. [U. S.] Etnean (et-nē'an), a. [ [L. Ætnœus , neus , Gr. Αίτναῖος, Etnean, Αίτνη Etna.) Pertaining 2019 to Etna, the celebrated volcanic mountain in Sicily: as, the Etnean fires. Also spelled Et nean.