单词 | rudery |
释义 | ruderyn. Rudeness; rude or impolite speech or behaviour. Also: a rude remark, comment, practical joke, or other act. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] uncourtesyc1380 undebonairtya1400 rudessec1415 ruditya1450 plainness1465 ingratitude1477 ingratuity1528 uncourteousness1530 rudeness?1533 discourtesy1555 inhumanity1557 unrudeness?1562 incivility1612 discourtship1616 unpoliteness1693 discourteousness1727 impolitenessa1773 ungraciousness1836 rudery1869 1869 E. L. Mitford Poems 66 My lord, your courtesy invited me To join your board. But this your follower, Your honour not regarding, mannerless, Would drive me from it by his rudery. 1912 D. Slade Gutter-babies xxvii. 271 So she says, says she, ‘Now then, none of yer rudery!’ 1940 ‘N. Blake’ Malice in Wonderland ii. xvi. 235 What's this? Some new rudery taken place? 1960 S. W. C. Pack Admiral Lord Anson i. 3 Although a superficial courtesy existed, coarseness and rudery were common. 1968 Blackwood's Mag. 303 454/1 The lane twisted and turned, and small Sikh boys kept pace with us, their long hair tied in top-knots, chanting songs in Punjabi which I trust were not ruderies. 1979 J. Smyth Milestones xviii. 230 Then suddenly he would uncoil, spring to the despatch box and reply pungently to some rudery which had appeared to float over his head. 2007 B. Cartwright Knocknobbler ii. 38 We all call her ‘Dirty Sixpence’ because as a girl she once performed a rudery for sixpence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869 |
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