Rude

(?), a. [Compar. Ruder (?); superl. Rudest.] [F., fr. L. rudis.] 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.
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Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed.

Milton.
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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.
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Rude and unpolished stones.

Bp. Stillingfleet.
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The heaven-born child
All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.

Milton.
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(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.
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He was but rude in the profession of arms.

Sir H. Wotton.
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the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.

Gray.
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(c) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.
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[Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock.

Milton.
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The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam.

Boyle.
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(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.
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Rude am I in my speech.

Shak.
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Unblemished by my rude translation.

Dryden.
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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.
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-- Rude"ly (#), adv. -- Rude"ness, n.
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