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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kroo-di-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkru dɪ ti



Definition of crudity

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Middle French crudité (14c.) and directly from Latin cruditatem (nominative cruditas), from crudus (see crude).
  • As in indecency : noun obscenity, vulgarity
  • As in rudeness : noun impoliteness
  • As in vulgarity : noun coarseness
  • As in roughness : noun coarseness
  • As in coarseness : noun rudeness, vulgarity
Example sentences :
  • The airs and graces they assumed did but emphasise their crudity.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • But excuse the audacity and the crudity of my speculations—it only proves my interest.
  • Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
  • She seemed to him, in all this, an extraordinary mixture of innocence and crudity.
  • Extract from : « Daisy Miller » by Henry James
  • This retreat seemed to him romantic and pleasing, in spite of its crudity.
  • Extract from : « The Dead Command » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • The crudity of the method is even regarded as a proof of its morality.
  • Extract from : « Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) » by Sir Leslie Stephen
  • It strikes you as the crudity of a race not quite civilized.
  • Extract from : « The Sleuth of St. James's Square » by Melville Davisson Post
  • But it was not the crudity, but the power, of the new-comer that impressed people.
  • Extract from : « Heroines of Service » by Mary Rosetta Parkman
  • What are the elements which produce the atmosphere of crudity that stands for Millerstown?
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Narratives » by Mary Antin
  • And this faith, in all its crudity, exists at the present day.
  • Extract from : « The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study » by Jean-Marie Guyau
  • Crudity or deficiency of the verb characterizes the speech of all primitive peoples.
  • Extract from : « Our Southern Highlanders » by Horace Kephart

Synonyms for crudity

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