(third-person singular simple present modernizes, present participle modernizing, simple past and past participle modernized) 1  To bring something up to date, or make it modern in style or function. ( 2 intransitive) To become modern in appearance, or adopt modern ways.
What is Etiquette. âManners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. Etiquette Definition. Etiquette is a code of behaviour that delineates expectations for social behavior according to contemporary conventional norms within a society, social class, or group.
Word Origin and History for etiquette Expand. n. 1750, from French Ã©tiquette prescribed behavior, from Old French estiquette label, ticket (see ticket). The sense development in French perhaps is from small cards written or printed with instructions for how to behave properly at court (cf.