Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RUDE, a. [Fr. rude; It. rude and rozzo; Sp. rudo; L. rudis; D. ruw; G. roh, raw, crude; Arm. rust. The sense is probably rough, broken, and this word may be allied to raw and crude. See Class Rd, No. 35, 38.]

1. Rough; uneven; rugged; unformed by art; as, rude workmanship, that is, roughly finished; rude and unpolished stones. Stillingfleet.
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. Shak.
3. Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; turbulent; as, rude winds; the rude agitation of the sea. Boyle.
4. Violent; fierce; impetuous; as, the rude shock of armies.
5. Harsh; inclement; as, the rude winter. Waller.
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. Wotton.
8. Artless; inelegant; not polished; as, a rude translation of Virgil. Dryden.