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crudity
/ˈkɹuːdɪti/
noun 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
coded, hilarious
CRUDITY + NOUN
doe
PREP.
about
Definitions
noun
1
The state of being crude.
2
A crude act or characteristic.
What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.
Veteran GOP ad maker Jim Innocenzi had no qualms about the coded crudity, calling it “hilarious.”
3
Indigestion; undigested food in the stomach; badly-concocted humours.
For there is no meat whatſoeuer, though otherwiſe wholeſome and good, but if it be vnſeaſonably taken, or immoderatly vſed, more then the ſtomack can well beare, will ingender crudity, and doe much harme.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refine
- crudeness
- gaucheness
noun — a wild or unrefined state
- crudeness
- primitiveness
- primitivism
- rudeness
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.
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Veteran GOP ad maker Jim Innocenzi had no qualms about the coded crudity, calling it “hilarious.”
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For there is no meat whatſoeuer, though otherwiſe wholeſome and good, but if it be vnſeaſonably taken, or immoderatly vſed, more then the ſtomack can well beare, will ingender crudity, and doe much ha
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