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rude

adj
/ɹuːd/UK/ɹud/CA/ɹʉːd/

Etymology

From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).

  1. derived from rudis — “rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”
  2. derived from rude
  3. inherited from rude

Definitions

  1. Lacking in refinement or civility

    Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.

    • This girl was so rude towards the cashier by screaming at him for no apparent reason.
    • Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her.
    • Art thou thus bolden'd, man, by thy distress? Or else a rude despiser of good manners, That in civility thou seem'st so empty?

  2. Lacking refinement or skill

    Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.

    • But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge
    • Though not as shee with Bow and Quiver armd, But with such Gardning Tools as Are yet rude, Guiltless of fire had formd, or Angels brought […]
    • 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

  3. Violent

    Violent; abrupt; turbulent.

    • a rude awakening
    • The Air attrite to Fire, as late the Clouds Justling or pusht with Winds rude in thir shock
    • All night no ruder air perplex ⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright ⁠As our pure love, thro’ early light Shall glimmer on the dewy decks.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.

      • a rude film
      • rude language

    2. Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.

    3. Hearty, vigorous

      Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.

      • A comfortable house for a rude and hardy race, that lived mostly out of doors, was once made here almost entirely of such materials as Nature furnished ready to their hands.

    4. Crudely made

      Crudely made; primitive.

      • For a while, purple-robed, heel-dangling, I sat on the edge of one of the rude tables, under the wooshing pines.

    5. Good, awesome.

    6. Sexy, hot, overtly attractive.

      • Now the girl's rude, I know she's rude/But she's screwed right through you, you'll be on your knees soon

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Derived

overrude, rude awakening, rudeboy, rude boy, rudefem, rudeful, rudeling, rudely, rudeness, rudery, rudesby, rudesome, rude word, rudish, rudity, unrude

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rude. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01rude02civility03polite04polished05refined06vulgarity07obscene08lewd

A definitional loop anchored at rude. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at rude

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA