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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

Rude

Rude

See also: rude, rüde, and Rüde

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Rúde f ‎(Cyrillic spelling Ру́де)

  1. settlement in Croatia, near Zagreb

References

  • “Rude” in Hrvatski jezični portal

rude

rude

See also: Rude, rüde, and Rüde

English

Adjective

rude ‎(comparative ruder, superlative rudest)

  1. Bad-mannered.
    This girl was so rude towards her boyfriend by screaming at him for no apparent reason.
    Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her.
  2. Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
  3. Tough, robust.
  4. Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.
    • 2 Corinthians 11:6 (KVJ)
      But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge
    • (Can we date this quote?), Rudyard Kipling, The Conundrum of the Workshops
      When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
      Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;
      And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,
      Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
    • 1767, Adam Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society
      It might be apprehended, that among rude nations, where the means of subsistence are procured with so much difficulty, the mind could never raise itself above the consideration of this subject
  5. Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:impolite

Derived terms

Translations

External links

  • rude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • rude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • rude at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin rudis.

Adjective

rude m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural rudes)

  1. rude

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruːdə/, [ˈʁuːðə]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta (German Raute ‎(“rhomb”)), probably from Latin rūta ‎(“rue”).

Noun

rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)

  1. pane
  2. window
  3. square
  4. lozenge, diamond
Inflection

Etymology 2

From late Old Norse rúta, from Middle Low German rūde, from Latin rūta ‎(“rue”).

Noun

rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)

  1. (botany) rue (various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta)
Inflection

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin rudis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁyd/

Adjective

rude m, f ‎(plural rudes)

  1. rough, harsh
  2. tough, hard; severe
  3. crude, unpolished
  4. hardy, tough, rugged
  5. (informal) formidable, fearsome

Derived terms

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή ‎(rhutḗ).

Noun

rude f ‎(plural rudis)

  1. rue (Ruta graveolens)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rudis, rudem.

Adjective

rude ‎(invariable)

  1. tough
  2. rough, coarse

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

rude

  1. nominative neuter singular of rudis
  2. accusative neuter singular of rudis
  3. vocative neuter singular of rudis

References

Norman

Etymology

From Latin rudis.

Adjective

rude m, f

  1. (Jersey) rough

Derived terms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -udʒi

Adjective

rude m, f ‎(plural rudes, comparable)

  1. rude; bad-mannered

Synonyms

Venetian

Noun

rude

  1. plural of ruda

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǔːde/
  • Hyphenation: Ru‧de

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