crudity
noun
the state or quality of being crude.
crudities
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pluralof crudity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Tobacco and cotton, by contrast, represented the crudities of the plantation.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2021
The crowd listed toward retirement age; instead of candy, there were tables of fruit and crudities, and a cash bar.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2019
A hectic blend of crossed signals, mistaken motivations and trenchant dialogue, “School” is written in deceptively elegant verse that adds comedic shock value to its crudities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2018
“With The New Yorker,” Russell Baker wrote, “American humor began to master the arts of understatement, to refine the crudities of old-fashioned burlesque into satire, to treasure subtlety and wit.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2017
But in the midst of a railroad wreck, we lose all thought of these banalities and crudities; we take Mr. Squem for what he really is—a genuine, large-hearted, efficient minister unto his fellow men.
From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe
