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rudity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ru-di-ty
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rudeness; ignorance.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Etymology

From rude + -ity, from Middle English ruditee, ruditē, from Old French rudete, from Latin ruditas (“ignorance”), from rudis (“rude, illiterate”). First use appears c. 1450.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

rudities (plural)

Questions

What does rudity mean?
Rudeness; ignorance.
Where does rudity come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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