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adjectiveunrude (comparative more unrude, superlative most unrude)
comparative more unrude · superlative most unrude
- Not rude.
Manners knovvs diſtance, and a man unrude / VVo'd ſoon recoile, and not intrude / His Stomach to a ſecond Meale.
1648, Robert Herrick, “A Panegerick to Sir Lewis Pemberton”, in Hesperides: Or, The Works both Humane & Divine […], London: […] John Williams, and Francis Eglesfield, and are to be sold by Tho[mas] Hunt, […], →OCLC, page 169Synonyms: polite
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adjectiveNot rude.
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unrude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrude
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“unrude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrude. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrude,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrude.
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