单词 | rudesse |
释义 | rudessen. = rudeness n. (in various senses). Now esp. as in modern French: harshness, coarseness. 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 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or violent treatment rudessec1415 rudenessc1450 rudeshipc1450 foulnessa1470 roughness1542 pepper1820 pitch-and-tossa1839 stick1942 roughing1960 c1415 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Lansd.) (1873) l. 397 It ne semed nouht..Þat sche was borne and fedde in rudesse [c1405 Hengwrt rudenesse] As in a Cote..Bot norissched in an Emperours hall. c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 81 (MED) Hit is thorugh deth, that shewith to alle rudesse, Hath fro me tane that y most louyd ay. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 93v En entencion to auenge hym..of that rudesse. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xlvii. 139 They that were without, assailled strongly, & by grete rudesse. c1500 Melusine (1895) 28 (MED) Hit commeth to you of grette pryde or of grette rudesse for to passe byfore ony ladyes without spekyng or somme salutacion. 1837 Musical World 8 Dec. 201 There are many features in his playing which convince us that by ordinary industry and attention he may get rid of that rudesse which is observable at present. 1840 Dublin Univ. Mag. Feb. 164/1 One [letter] was to Jane herself, owning my affection, confessing that even the ‘rudesse’ of my late conduct was the fruit of it. 1850 D. G. Mitchell Lorgnette II. 45 They may possibly say clever things, which show acute observation, or a ready wit; but they will spoil it in the next breath by a rudesse that finds no apology either in custom, or kindness. 1925 C. Garnett tr. A. Herzen My Past & Thoughts III. xli. 141 I have heard a great deal of his roughness, rudesse, and intolerance. 1990 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 5 Oct. Where hard bop requires a certain rudesse for maximum effect, the Hardy sextet's approach was withheld and polite. 1993 A. C. Baines Brass Instruments: Hist. & Devel. (rev. ed.) iii. 78 The Shah had to call upon an English trumpeter to cease, as he could not bear the rudesse of his playing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1415 |
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