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Webster 1913 Edition

Rude

Rude

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Ruder
;
sup
erl.
Rudest
.]
[F., fr. L.
rudis
.]
1.
Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.
Such gardening tools as art, yet
rude
, . . . had formed.
Milton.
2.
Hence, specifically:
(a)
Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; – said especially of material things;
as,
rude
workmanship
.
“Rude was the cloth.”
Chaucer.
Rude
and unpolished stones.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
The heaven-born child
All meanly wrapt in the
rude
manger lies.
Milton.
(b)
Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; – said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.
“Mine ancestors were rude.”
Chaucer.
He was but
rude
in the profession of arms.
Sir H. Wotton.
the
rude
forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Gray.
(c)
Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; – said of the weather, of storms, and the like;
as, the
rude
winter
.
[Clouds] pushed with winds,
rude
in their shock.
Milton.
The
rude
agitation [of water] breaks it into foam.
Boyle.
(d)
Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; – said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.
(e)
Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; – said of literature, language, style, and the like.
“The rude Irish books.”
Spenser.
Rude
am I in my speech.
Shakespeare
Unblemished by my
rude
translation.
Dryden.
Syn. – Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned; rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic; coarse; vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught; illiterate; ignorant; uncivil; impolite; saucy; impudent; insolent; surly; currish; churlish; brutal; uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce; tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh; inclement; severe. See
Impertiment
.
–
Rude′ly
(#)
,
adv.
–
Rude′ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rude

RUDE

,
Adj.
[L. rudis. The sense is probably rough, broken, and this word may be allied to raw and crude.]
1.
rough; uneven; rugged; unformed by art; as rude workmanship, that is, roughly finished; rude and unpolished stones.
2.
Rough; of coarse manners; unpolished; uncivil; clownish; rustic; as a rude countryman; rude behavior; rude treatment; a rude attack.
Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch.
3.
Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; turbulent; as rude winds; the rude agitation of the sea.
4.
violent; fierce; impetuous; as the rude shock of armies.
5.
Harsh; inclement; as the rude winter.
6.
Ignorant; untaught; savage; barbarous; as the rude natives of America or of New Holland; the rude ancestors of the Greeks.
7.
Raw; untaught; ignorant; not skilled or practiced; as rude in speech; rude in arms.
8.
Artless; inelegant; not polished; as a rude translation of Virgil.

Definition 2024

Rüde

Rüde

See also: rude, ruede, Rude, and rüde

German

Noun

Rüde m ‎(genitive Rüden, plural Rüden)

  1. male dog, wolf, fox (also used for certain other mammals)

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rüde

rüde

See also: rude, ruede, Rude, and Rüde

German

Adjective

rüde ‎(comparative rüder, superlative am rüdesten)

  1. rude, harsh

Declension

Comparative forms of rüde
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist rüder sie ist rüder es ist rüder sie sind rüder
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative rüderer rüdere rüderes rüdere
genitive rüderen rüderer rüderen rüderer
dative rüderem rüderer rüderem rüderen
accusative rüderen rüdere rüderes rüdere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der rüdere die rüdere das rüdere die rüderen
genitive des rüderen der rüderen des rüderen der rüderen
dative dem rüderen der rüderen dem rüderen den rüderen
accusative den rüderen die rüdere das rüdere die rüderen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein rüderer eine rüdere ein rüderes (keine) rüderen
genitive eines rüderen einer rüderen eines rüderen (keiner) rüderen
dative einem rüderen einer rüderen einem rüderen (keinen) rüderen
accusative einen rüderen eine rüdere ein rüderes (keine) rüderen

Etymology

From Old High German rudio. Cognate to Dutch reu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁyːdə/

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