Relatively undeveloped; primitive: a rude and savage land; a rude agricultural implement.
Being in a crude, rough, unfinished condition: a rude thatched hut.
Exhibiting a marked lack of skill or precision in work: rude crafts.
In a natural, raw state: bales of rude cotton.
Lacking the graces and refinement of civilized life; uncouth.
Lacking education or knowledge; unlearned.
Ill-mannered; discourteous: rude behavior.
Lacking the graces and refinement of civilized life; uncouth.
Lacking education or knowledge; unlearned.
Ill-mannered; discourteous: rude behavior.
Vigorous, robust, and sturdy.
Abruptly and unpleasantly forceful: received a rude shock.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rudis.]
rude'ly adv., rude'ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean marked by a lack of skill and finish: a rude hut; a crude drawing; primitive kitchen facilities; a raw wooden canoe; a rough sketch.
c.1280, "coarse, rough" (of surfaces), from L. rudis "rough, crude, unlearned," perhaps related to rudus "rubble." Sense of "ill-mannered" is from c.1386. Rudesby "insolent, unmannerly fellow" is from 1566. Rude boy (also rudie, for short) in Jamaican slang is attested from 1967. Fig. phrase rude awakening is attested from 1895.
socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: ill-mannered]
2.
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: ill-bred]
3.
lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather [syn: uncivil] [ant: civil]
4.
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural]
5.
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains" [syn: crude]
rude [WPI] 1. Badly written or functionally poor, e.g. a program that is very difficult to use because of gratuitously poor design decisions. Opposite: cuspy. 2. Anything that manipulates a shared resource without regard for its other users in such a way as to cause a (non-fatal) problem. Examples: programs that change tty modes without resetting them on exit, or windowing programs that keep forcing themselves to the top of the window stack. Compare all-elbows. [The Jargon File] (1994-10-27)
Er"u*dite\ (?; 135), a. [L. eruditus, p. p. of erudire to free from rudeness, to polish, instruct; e out + rudis rude: cf. F. ['e]rudit. See Rude.] Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned. "A most erudite prince." --Sir T. More. "Erudite . . . theology." --I. Taylor. -- Er"u*dite`ly, adv. -- Er"u*dite`ness, n.
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