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rudas

rudas adjective: bold; masculine; coarse.

Adjective

rudas (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) bold; masculine; coarse
    • But what can ail them to bury the auld carlin (a rudas wife she was) in the night time?1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary
    • "And wherefore, sir? Are your discourses only for wrinkled carls and old rudas wives? Is there no place in your kirk for a girl?"1927, John Buchan, Witch Wood

Proper noun capitalized: Rudas

Rudas

  1. A surname.

Questions about rudas

What does rudas mean?
Rudas means bold; masculine; coarse.
What part of speech is rudas?
Rudas can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near rudas in the dictionary

  1. Ruda-Krasna
  2. Rudaba
  3. rudaceous
  4. Rudaki
  5. Rudakubana
  6. rudas
  7. Rudbaxton
  8. Rudbeck
  9. rudbeckia
  10. rudbeckias
  11. rudd

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