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crudesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From crude + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by crudeness.
   • It is important to remember this distinction for, while he had praised Indian worker in gold for producing 'beautiful design out of nothing but crudesome knots and spirals' in his essay 'A Joy For Ever' (1873), elsewhere he had criticized the abstract patterns in Indian products for not showing an interest in nature. 1992, Partha Mitter, Much Maligned Monsters:
   • That jungle apes, for ages long, / Roamed through the woods in motley throng, / Whilst struggling for some sort of speech / Better than crudesome howl and screech. 1917, Sol Sunderland, Jungle Apes Abroad:

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