Rudity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Rudeness; ignorance. countable, dated, uncountable

Etymology

From rude + -ity, from Middle English ruditee, ruditē, from Old French rudete, from Latin ruditas (“ignorance”), from rudis (“rude, illiterate”). First use appears c. 1450.

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