Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Rudeness. [Rare.] Imp. Diet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Rudeness; ignorance.

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  • noun rudeness; ignorance

Etymologies

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Latin ruditas ignorance, from rudis rude, illiterate.

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Examples

  • When according to the BBC News site – from which the story has now disappeared, some time between 5 and 10.30 p.m. on 8th August a Tory councillor received an unsolicited email from a 'Julie Masters', stating that she was looking for an older man for some online rudity, no alarm bells rang.

    Archive 2003-08-03 Laban 2003

  • When according to the BBC News site – from which the story has now disappeared, some time between 5 and 10.30 p.m. on 8th August a Tory councillor received an unsolicited email from a 'Julie Masters', stating that she was looking for an older man for some online rudity, no alarm bells rang.

    August 03, 2003 Laban 2003

  • When according to the BBC News site – from which the story has now disappeared, some time between 5 and 10.30 p.m. on 8th August a Tory councillor received an unsolicited email from a 'Julie Masters', stating that she was looking for an older man for some online rudity, no alarm bells rang.

    A Cautionary Tale of Gullibility and Hypocrisy Laban 2003

  • And if I am to be frank, she did not mind the rudity.

    The Freebooters of the Wilderness 1903

  • Plus I blew a few foul fluffies in his direction under the blankets and didn't say "excuse me" to furthur illustrate my indignance on his rudity.

    Cheaper Than Therapy 2008

  • Plus I blew a few foul fluffies in his direction under the blankets and didn't say "excuse me" to furthur illustrate my indignance on his rudity.

    Cheaper Than Therapy 2008

  • Plus I blew a few foul fluffies in his direction under the blankets and didn't say "excuse me" to furthur illustrate my indignance on his rudity.

    Cheaper Than Therapy 2008

  • Plus I blew a few foul fluffies in his direction under the blankets and didn't say "excuse me" to furthur illustrate my indignance on his rudity.

    Cheaper Than Therapy 2008

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