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单词 rudesby
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rudesbyn.

Brit. /ˈruːdzbi/, U.S. /ˈrudzbi/
Forms: 1500s rudesbie, 1500s rudesbye, 1500s– rudesby, 1600s rudesbey, 1700s rudesbee.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rude adj., -by suffix .
Etymology: < rude adj. + -sby (see -by suffix ).
A rude, ill-mannered, or badly behaved person.
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1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Fij A rudesbie, and vnruly..man.
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Gvjv To bearebaytinges, or pricke playings, Our Rudesbies must awaye.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 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.
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 89 Those jangling rudesbies, titular Doctors in S. Paules time.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. ii. 10 I must forsooth be forst To giue my hand..Vnto a mad-braine rudesby, full of spleene. View more context for this quotation
1635 W. Jones Comm. Epist. St. Paul 637 He must not bee a rudesby.
1732 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière George Dandin ii. i. 51 in Sel. Comedies V Good b'ye, pretty Rudesbee.
1794 F. G. Waldron Heigho for Husband! ii. ii. 21 You have let my rudesby pull you about most unmercifully, child.
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. ii*. 77 Commoved by the speech of this rudesby.
1882 G. MacDonald Castle Warlock I. xviii. 289 The rudesby was too old to be served as he had served the schoolmaster!
1945 Big Spring (Texas) Daily Herald 16 Nov. 6 Had it not been for a rudesby or two in the Angelo secondary who caved in the side of the Bovine forward wall for two touches in the first period, the Big Springers might have scored a victory.
1988 A. N. Wilson Incline our Hearts v. 177 So it is that teenage sons whose fathers know them as mindless rudesbies are found in other contexts to be ingenious workers, clubbable companions, affectionate lovers.
2000 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 24 Dec. 24 John Grigg himself.., far from being a republican rudesby, is the most courteous of men.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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rudesby
Forming descriptive personal appellations, playful or derisive, as idleby, idlesby (= idler, Mr. Idleness), lewdsby, litherby, rudesby, sneaksby, sureby, suresby, wigsby (wearer of a wig), etc.
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