impŏlītus (inp-), a, um, adj. [2. in-politus], unpolished, rough (class.).
I Lit.: structurae lapidum impolitorum, Quint. 8,63. —
II Trop., unpolished , inelegant , unrefined (class.): orationes Catonis valde laudo, significant enim quandam formam ingenii, sed admodum impolitam et plane rudem, Cic. Brut. 85, 294; cf.: genus hebes atque impolitum, id. de Or. 2, 31, 133: Timaeus ipsa compositione verborum non impolitus, id. ib. 2, 14, 58: grammaticus, Quint. 1, 5, 7: impolitae vero res et acerbae si erunt relictae, efferent se aliquando, etc., i. e. unfinished , Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34. — * Adv.: impŏlītē , without ornament : tibi breviter impoliteque dicenti, Cic. de Or. 1, 49, 214.