rude
pronunciation
How to pronounce rude in British English:
UK [ruːd]
How to pronounce rude in American English:
US [ruːd]
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- Adjective:
- socially incorrect in behavior
- (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
- lacking civility or good manners
- (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition
- belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Word Origin
- rude
- rude: [14] Rude comes via Old French rude from Latin rudis ‘rough, raw’. This seems originally to have denoted ‘rough unpolished stone’ – it was related to Latin rūdus ‘broken stone’ – but its ultimate origins are unknown. From it were derived rudīmentum ‘beginning’ (etymologically ‘raw state’), which has given English rudiment [16], and ērudīre ‘take the roughness out of’, hence ‘polish, teach’, source of English erudite.=> erudite, rot, rudiment
- rude (adj.)
- late 13c., "coarse, rough" (of surfaces), from Old French ruide (13c.) or directly from Latin rudis "rough, crude, unlearned," perhaps related to rudus "rubble." Sense of "ill-mannered, uncultured; uneducated, uncultured" is from mid-14c. Rude boy (also rudie, for short) in Jamaican slang is attested from 1967. Figurative phrase rude awakening is attested from 1895.
Example
- 1. How could he punish this rude and terrible person ?
- 2. How do I react to people who are rude ?
- 3. Before that , every brazilian hopes to see him in rude health in south africa .
- 4. Britons know their newspapers are rude , excessive and unreliable .
- 5. Have I ever let a rude person ruin my day ?