rude

See also: Rude, rüde, and Rüde

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 Thesaurus:impolite

Derived terms

Translations

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Further reading

  • 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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rude (masculine and feminine plural rudes)

  1. uncultured, rough

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Borrowed from Latin rudis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁyd/
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Adjective

rude (plural rudes)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Latin rudis

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -udʒi

Adjective

rude m, f (plural rudes, comparable)

  1. rude; bad-mannered

Synonyms

Venetian

Noun

rude

  1. plural of ruda
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