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rudesome

rudesome adjective: characterised or marked by rudeness.

Adjective

rudesome (comparative more rudesome, superlative most rudesome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by rudeness
    • Here! throw your lip over that, an' you'll apologize for being so rudesome.1902, Forbes Heermans, Jess of the Bar Z Ranch
    • Let rudesome outsiders deride and denounce me, / What care I when I with my friends can commune, [...]1907, The Publishers Weekly, volume 72, page 1941

Forms of rudesome

comparativemore rudesome
superlativemost rudesome

Origin of rudesome

From rude + -some.

Questions about rudesome

What does rudesome mean?
Rudesome means characterised or marked by rudeness.
What part of speech is rudesome?
Rudesome is an adjective.

Words near rudesome in the dictionary

  1. Rudert
  2. rudery
  3. rudesbies
  4. rudesby
  5. rudesbys
  6. rudesome
  7. rudest
  8. Rudgard
  9. rudge
  10. rudges
  11. Rudgwick

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