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crusty
English
Etymology
From Middle English, equivalent to crust +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??sti/
- Rhymes: -?sti
Adjective
crusty (comparative crustier, superlative crustiest)
- Having a crust, especially a thick one.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening
- No one was there. But there was a cloth spread upon the table that stood against the wall, and a cover was laid for one, with a crusty brown loaf and a bottle of wine beside the plate
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening
- (informal, figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.
- Synonyms: gruff, peevish, surly, harsh
- 1922, Henry William Fischer, Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field
- Then somebody told a story about the Swedish Majesty's last sojourn in Norway. There, at a railway station, Oscar ran against a crusty old farmer who thought himself a lot better than a mere king and kept his hat on.
- (informal) Of very low quality. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Synonym: inferior
Translations
Noun
crusty (plural crusties)
- (chiefly Britain, informal) A tramp or homeless young person with poor cleanliness.
- (slang) Dried eye mucus.
- Synonyms: (UK dialectal) gound, sleep, (informal) sleepy dust
- 1999, Vinnie Hansen, Murder, Honey, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN, page 155:
- Against the backdrop of muted stripes of color, Julieanne picked at her eyes’ crusties, and then combed her hair with the hand.
- 2003, Mary O'Connell, "Saint Anne", in Living with Saints, Grove Press, ?ISBN, page 209:
- Jesus, how could I bear the sight of him—sleep crusties lodged in the corners of his rheumy eyes, a puff of chest hair cresting like meringue over the top of his V-neck sweater, khakis jacked up to his breastbone—when I was used to looking at the singularly lovely Isabella?
- 2005, Jeffrey Dinsmore, I, an Actress: The Autobiography of Karen Jamey, Contemporary Press, ?ISBN, page 51:
- I wiped the crusties from my eyes, threw on a sundress, and wandered out into the living room.
- (chiefly Britain, informal) A member of an urban subculture with roots in punk and grebo, characterized by antiestablishment attitudes and an unkempt appearance.
- 1998, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, Soft Skull Press (2012) (?ISBN), page 135:
- The Spirals are part of the crossover between the rave scene and the ‘crusty’ subculture—crusties being squat-dwelling anarcho-hippy-punk types named after their matted dreadlocks and post-apocalyptic garb.
- 1998, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, Soft Skull Press (2012) (?ISBN), page 135:
Alternative forms
- crustie
See also
- cruddy
- crufty
References
- crusty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “crusty” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "crusty" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
- "crusty (adj. easily annoyed)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- "crusty (n. an unwashed person)" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- “crusty”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
Anagrams
- curtsy
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rude
English
Etymology
From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?u?d/, /????d/ enPR: ro?od
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ud/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /???d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
- Homophones: rood, rued
Adjective
rude (comparative ruder, superlative rudest)
- Bad-mannered.
- Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
- Tough, robust.
- Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.
- But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge
- 1919, Rudyard Kipling, The Conundrum of the Workshops
- When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
- Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;
- And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,
- Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
- Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
Synonyms
- (bad-mannered): ill-mannered, uncouth; see Thesaurus:impolite
- (obscene, pornographic, offensive): adult, blue; see also Thesaurus:obscene or Thesaurus:pornographic
- (undeveloped): primitive; see Thesaurus:crude
Derived terms
- rude word
- rudely
- rudeness
- rudesby
- rudish
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- rude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- rude at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Duer, dure, rued, urdé, ured
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin rudis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ru.d?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ru.de/
Adjective
rude (masculine and feminine plural rudes)
- uncultured, rough
Derived terms
- rudement
- rudesa
Further reading
- “rude” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru?d?/, [??u?ð?]
- Rhymes: -u?ð?
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German r?te, from Old High German r?ta (German Raute (“rhomb”)), probably from Latin r?ta (“rue”).
Noun
rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)
- pane
- window
- square
- lozenge, diamond
Inflection
Etymology 2
From late Old Norse rúta, from Middle Low German r?de, from Latin r?ta (“rue”).
Noun
rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)
- (botany) rue (various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta)
Inflection
See also
- ruder
- rude on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Rude-familien on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
French
Etymology
Old French rude, from Latin rudis (“unwrought”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?yd/
Adjective
rude (plural rudes)
- rough, harsh
- March 28 1757, Robert-François Damiens, facing a horrific execution
- "La journée sera rude." ("The day will be rough.")
- March 28 1757, Robert-François Damiens, facing a horrific execution
- tough, hard; severe
- bitter, harsh, sharp (of weather)
- crude, unpolished
- hardy, tough, rugged
- (informal) formidable, fearsome
Derived terms
- esprit rude
- mettre à rude épreuve
- rudement
Further reading
- “rude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- dure, duré, redû
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin r?ta, from Ancient Greek ???? (rhut?).
Noun
rude f (plural rudis)
- rue, common rue (Ruta graveolens)
Galician
Etymology
From Latin rudis, rudem.
Adjective
rude
- tough
- rough, coarse
References
- “rude” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin rudis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.de/
- Rhymes: -ude
Adjective
rude (invariable)
- tough
- rough, coarse
Anagrams
- dure
Latin
Adjective
rude
- nominative neuter singular of rudis
- accusative neuter singular of rudis
- vocative neuter singular of rudis
References
- rude in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Norman
Etymology
From Latin rudis.
Adjective
rude m or f
- (Jersey) rough
Derived terms
- rudement
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.d?/
- Homophone: rud?
Adjective
rude
- inflection of rudy:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin rudis
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /??u.d?i/
- Rhymes: -ud?i
Adjective
rude m or f (plural rudes, comparable)
- rude; bad-mannered
- Synonyms: brusco, grosseiro, mal-educado
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
rude
- inflection of rud:
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine genitive singular
- feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Noun
rude (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- inflection of ruda:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Slovak
Noun
rude
- dative/locative singular of ruda
Venetian
Noun
rude
- plural of ruda
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