rude (adj.)
ignorant, unlearned, uneducated
1H6 IV.i.98[Basset to King, of Vernon's view] In confutation of which rude reproach
H5 I.i.55[Canterbury to Ely, of King Henry] his addiction was to courses vain, / His companies unlettered, rude, and shallow
LLL V.i.84[Armado to Holofernes] in the posteriors of this day, which the rude multitude call the afternoon
MND III.ii.9[Puck to Oberon, of the rustics] A crew of patches, rude mechanicals ... / Were met together [or: rough]
R2 III.iv.74[Queen Isabel to Gardener] How dares thy harsh rude tongue sound this unpleasing news?
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