RUDE, adjective [Latin rudis. The sense is probably rough, broken, and this word may be allied to raw and crude.] 1. rough; uneven; rugged; unformed by art; as rude workmanship, that is, roughly finished; rude and unpolished stones. 2. Rough; of coarse manners; unpolished; uncivil; clownish; rustic; as a rude countryman; rude behavior; rude treatment; a rude attack. Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch. 3. Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; turbulent; as rude winds; the rude agitation of the sea. 4. violent; fierce; impetuous; as the rude shock of armies. 5. Harsh; inclement; as the rude winter. 6. Ignorant; untaught; savage; barbarous; as the rude natives of America or of New Holland; the rude ancestors of the Greeks. 7. Raw; untaught; ignorant; not skilled or practiced; as rude in speech; rude in arms. 8. Artless; inelegant; not polished; as a rude translation of Virgil.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI