Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crudeness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: crude-ness
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being crude

Uncountable

noun

A crude act or characteristic.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Gramsci was well aware of the crudeness of the forms in which Marxism was most commonly taught and preached."
"We will never eliminate the crudenesses, the anti-intellectual rules, the mucker pose in higher education, until we give the universities back to faculty and students."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-der. Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin crūdusbor. Middle English crude English crude Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crudeness From crude + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

crudenesses (plural)

Synonyms

crudity roughness gaucheness primitiveness primitivism rudeness

Questions

What does crudeness mean?: The state of being crude
Where does crudeness come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-der. Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin crūdusbor. Middle English crude English crude Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crudeness From crude + -ness.

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