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rudesby Now arch.|ˈruːdzbɪ|
Also 7 -bey.
[f. rude a.: see -by 2.]
An insolent, unmannerly, or disorderly fellow.
1566Drant Horace, Sat. ii. i. F ij, A rudesbie, and vnruly..man. 1567― Ep. ii. i. G vj, To bearebaytinges or pricke playings our Rudesbies must awaye. 1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. ii. (1586) 77 b, As he which is ceremonious may be thought to be a dissembler, so he which is not so, may be taken to be a clowne, a rudesby, or a contemner of others. 1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 89 Those jangling rudesbies, titular Doctors in S. Paules time.
1820Scott Monast. xv, Commoved by the speech of this rudesby. 1882G. Macdonald Castle Warlock I. xviii. 289 The rudesby was too old to be served as he had served the schoolmaster! |