crudity

[kroo-di-tee]

noun, plural cru·di·ties for 2.

Origin of crudity

1375–1425; late Middle English crudite < Latin crūditās. See crude, -ity

Related formsun·cru·di·ty, noun, plural un·cru·di·ties.

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The airs and graces they assumed did but emphasise their crudity.
Cleo The Magnificent
Louis Zangwill
But excuse the audacity and the crudity of my speculations—it only proves my interest.
The Tragic Muse
Henry James
She seemed to him, in all this, an extraordinary mixture of innocence and crudity.
Daisy Miller
Henry James
This retreat seemed to him romantic and pleasing, in spite of its crudity.
The Dead Command
Vicente Blasco Ibez
The crudity of the method is even regarded as a proof of its morality.
Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2)
Sir Leslie Stephen

early 14c., from Middle French crudité (14c.) and directly from Latin cruditatem (nominative cruditas), from crudus (see crude).