rudenv.
/ˈruːdn/, U.S. /ˈrud(ə)n/ rare.
transitive. To make rude or ruder.
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a1868 C. Harpur Poet. Wks. (1984) 526 None ever voyaged the wild sea of Life Less warped and rudened by its stormy strife.
1897 A. Nutt Voy. Bran II. xv. 120 The design..was gradually rudened and simplified out of recognition.
Derivatives
ˈrudening adj. and n.
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1899 W. W. Campbell Beyond Hills of Dream 10 She will bring again March with rudening madness of wild gales.
1922 G. Stein Geogr. & Plays 81 If the soiling carries the head, if the baking measures the pint, if the rudening leans on a strand then shutters.
2002 Wichita Eagle (Nexis) 18 Apr. 1 e Now it appears that I'm not the only person who senses the rudening of America.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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