different between crude vs indelicate

English

Etymology

From Middle English crude, borrowed from Latin cr?dus (“raw, bloody, uncooked, undigested, crude”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *krewh?- (“raw meat, fresh blood”). Cognate with Old English hr?aw (“raw, uncooked”). More at raw.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kro?od, IPA^(key): /k?u?d/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /k??d/
• Rhymes: -u?d
• Homophone: crewed (except Scotland)

Adjective

crude (comparative cruder, superlative crudest)

1. In a natural, untreated state.

   Synonym: raw, unrefined, unprocessed

2. Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.

   Synonym: primitive, rough, rude, rudimentary

3. Lacking concealing elements.

   Synonym: obvious, plain, unadorned, undisguised

4. Lacking tact or taste.

   Synonym: blunt, coarse, earthy, gross, stark, uncultivated, vulgar

5. (archaic) Immature or unripe.

   Synonyms: immature, unripe

6. (grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.

Synonyms

• (statistics: in an unanalyzed form): raw
• See also Thesaurus:raw

Antonyms

• (being in a natural state): refined, processed

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

crude (countable and uncountable, plural crudes)

1. Any substance in its natural state.
2. Crude oil.

Derived terms

• syncrude

Translations

Anagrams

• Druce, Ducre, cured

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ude

Adjective

crude

1. feminine plural of crudo

Anagrams

• curde

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kru?.de/, [?k?u?d??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kru.de/, [?k?u?d??]

Adjective

cr?de

1. vocative masculine singular of cr?dus

References

• crude in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English cr?dan.

Verb

crude

1. Alternative form of crouden

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cr?dus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kriu?d(?)/

Adjective

crude

1. unprocessed, uncooked, unworked (in a negative way)

Derived terms

• crudelite

Descendants

• English: crude

References

• “cr?de, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-10.

English

Etymology

in- +? delicate

Adjective

indelicate (comparative more indelicate, superlative most indelicate)

1. Improper or immodest.
2. Coarse or tasteless.
3. Tactless or undiplomatic.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

indelicate

1. feminine plural of indelicato

Anagrams

• decliniate