rudery
rudery noun: crudeness; the use of crude language.
Noun
rudery (usually uncountable, plural ruderies)
- Crudeness; the use of crude language.
- But if people try to blow the transmitters by their rudery they are going to make life very difficult for themselves and for the Channel.1992, Jeremy Isaacs, quoted in John Hartley, Tele-ology: Studies in Television, page 67
- Whatever contradictions fuelled, or at this time failed to fuel my cartooning, I would have been better throwing in my lot with overt rudery and dysfunction, rather than trying to gain acceptance from the effete mob that ran the New Yorker.2007, Howard Jacobson, Kalooki Nights, page 56
Forms of rudery
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Origin of rudery
From rude + -ry.
Questions about rudery
- What does rudery mean?
- Rudery means crudeness; the use of crude language.
- What part of speech is rudery?
- Rudery is a noun.
- What is the plural of rudery?
- The plural of rudery is ruderies.
Words near rudery in the dictionary
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