Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CRUDE'NESS
CRUDE'NESS, n.
- Rawness; unripeness; an undigested or unprepared state; as the crudeness of flesh or plants, or of any body in its natural state.
- A state of being unformed, or indigested; immatureness; as, the crudeness of a theory.
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