RU'DENESS, n. 1. A rough broken state; unevenness; wildness; as the rudeness of a mountain, country or landscape.2. Coarseness of manners; incivility; rusticity; vulgarity.And kings the rudeness of their joy must bear.3. Ignorance; unskillfulness.What he did amiss was rather through rudeness and want of judgment -4. Artlessness; coarseness; inelegance; as the rudeness of a painting or piece of sculpture.5. Violence; impetuosity; as the rudeness of an attack or shock.6. Violence; storminess; as the rudeness of winds or of the season.
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