rude
English
/ɹuːd/, /ɹud/, /ɹʉːd/
adj
Definitions
- bad-Bad-mannered.
- Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
- Tough, robust.
- Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.
- Hearty, vigorous; .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rude derived from Old French rude derived from Latin rudis (small stick, untilled, raw, unskilled, rude, unlearned, uncultivated, rough, unwrought, wild, unrefined).
Origin
Latin
rudis
Gloss
small stick, untilled, raw, unskilled, rude, unlearned, uncultivated, rough, unwrought, wild, unrefined
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boy English
- overrude English
- rudeboy English
- rudeful English
- rudeling English
- rudely English
- ruden English
- rudeness English
- rudery English
- rudesby English
- rudesome English
- rudie English
- rudish English
- rudity English
- unrude English
- erudio Latin
- rudicula Latin
- rudis Latin
- rude Italian
- rude French
- rudo Spanish, Castilian
- *Hrew- Proto-Indo-European
- rude Portuguese
- rude Middle English
- rudely Middle English
- rudenesse Middle English
- rudish Middle English
- ruditee Middle English
- rude Old French
- rude Catalan, Valencian
- rude Norman