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rude

  [rood]
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–adjective, rud⋅er, rud⋅est.
1. discourteous or impolite, esp. in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
2. without culture, learning, or refinement: rude, illiterate peasants.
3. rough in manners or behavior; unmannerly; uncouth.
4. rough, harsh, or ungentle: rude hands.
5. roughly wrought, built, or formed; of a crude construction or kind: a rude cottage.
6. not properly or fully developed; raw; unevolved: a rude first stage of development.
7. harsh to the ear: rude sounds.
8. without artistic elegance; of a primitive simplicity: a rude design.
9. violent or tempestuous, as the waves.
10. robust, sturdy, or vigorous: rude strength.
11. approximate or tentative: a rude first calculation of costs.
Origin:
1300–50; ME rude, ruide (< OF) < L rudis

Related forms:
rudely, adverb
rudeness, noun

Synonyms:
1. uncivil, unmannerly, curt, brusque, impertinent, impudent, saucy, pert, fresh. 1, 3. See boorish. 2. unrefined, uncultured, uncivilized, uncouth, coarse, vulgar, rough. 6. See raw. 8. rustic, artless. 9. stormy, fierce, tumultuous, turbulent.

Rude

  [ryd]
–noun
Fran⋅çois  [frahn-swa] , 1784–1855, French sculptor.
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rude   (rōōd)   
adj.   rud·er, rud·est

  1. Relatively undeveloped; primitive: a rude and savage land; a rude agricultural implement.

    1. Being in a crude, rough, unfinished condition: a rude thatched hut.

    2. Exhibiting a marked lack of skill or precision in work: rude crafts.

    3. In a natural, raw state: bales of rude cotton.

    4. Lacking the graces and refinement of civilized life; uncouth.

    5. Lacking education or knowledge; unlearned.

    6. Ill-mannered; discourteous: rude behavior.

    1. Lacking the graces and refinement of civilized life; uncouth.

    2. Lacking education or knowledge; unlearned.

    3. Ill-mannered; discourteous: rude behavior.

  4. Vigorous, robust, and sturdy.

  5. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
rude

  1. mod.
    undesirable; unpleasant. : The prof in my history class is a rude dude, for sure.
  2. mod.
    cool; pleasant; excellent. : Man, that's a rude bike!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rude 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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