rudea.[F., fr. L. rudis.]1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.()Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. (Milton.)2. Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship.(Chaucer.)Rude and unpolished stones. (Bp. Stillingfleet.)The heaven-born child
All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. (Milton.) Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.(Chaucer.)He was but rude in the profession of arms. (Sir H. Wotton.)the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. (Gray.) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.()[Clouds] pushed with winds, rude in their shock. (Milton.)The rude agitation [of water] breaks it into foam. (Boyle.) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.(Spenser.)Rude am I in my speech. (Shak.)Unblemished by my rude translation. (Dryden.)()()