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lude

[ lood ]

/ lud /

noun Slang.

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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.

a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.

a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.

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Origin of lude

First recorded in 1975–80; by shortening

Words nearby lude

lucy, lucy stoner, lud, luddite, luddites, lude, ludendorff, luderick, ludhiana, ludic, ludicrous

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Example sentences from the Web for lude

This Lamont harp was taken by a lady of that family from Argyleshire about 1460, on her marriage into the family of Lude.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1|Various
FitzOsbern had half-turned in his saddle and was surveying the rugged hill of Lude upon the other side of the ford.
Star of Mercia|Blanche Devereux
Every now and again he scanned what could be seen of the winding road about the hill of Lude.
Star of Mercia|Blanche Devereux
Lood, loodh, lude; ashamed: 'he was lude of himself when he was found out.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

The Comte du Lude then came forward with his customary 'sang-froid', and begged the exorcists to perform before him.
Cinq Mars, Complete|Alfred de Vigny

Medical definitions for lude

lude

[ lōōd ]

n.

A pill or tablet that contains the drug methaqualone.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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