unrude en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + rude.
Meanings
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Not rude.
Manners knovvs diſtance, and a man unrude / VVo'd ſoon recoile, and not intrude / His Stomach to a ſecond Meale.
1648, Robert Herrick, “A Panegerick to Sir Lewis Pemberton”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 169:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unrude | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unrude | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |