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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rude \Rude\, adjective [Compar. {Ruder}; superl. {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. --Shak.
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}, adverb -- {Rude"ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rudely
adverb: in an impolite manner; "he treated her impolitely" [syn: {impolitely}, {discourteously}, {showing bad manners}] [ant: {politely}, {politely}]
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