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crude

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

crude / kroōd/ • adj. 1. in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined: crude oil. ∎ Statistics (of figures) not adjusted or corrected: the crude mortality rate. ∎ (of an estimate or guess) likely to be only approximately accurate. 2. constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way. ∎ (of an action) showing little finesse or subtlety and as a result unlikely to succeed. 3. (of language, behavior, or a person) offensively coarse or rude, esp. in relation to sexual matters. • n. natural petroleum. DERIVATIVES: crude·ly adv. crude·ness n. cru·di·ty / ˈkroōditē/ n.

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crude

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

crude in a raw state XIV; ill-digested, not matured XVI. — L. crūdus raw, rough, cruel; see RAW.
So crudity XV.

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crude

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

crude •allude, brood, collude, conclude, crude, delude, dude, elude, étude, exclude, extrude, exude, feud, food, illude, include, intrude, Jude, lewd, mood, nude, obtrude, occlude, Oudh, preclude, protrude, prude, pseud, pultrude, rood, rude, seclude, shrewd, snood, transude, unglued, unsubdued, who'd, you'd •habitude •magnitude • seafood • wholefood •Quaalude • postlude • interlude •Ermintrude • Gertrude • unvalued •prelude • quietude • hebetude •longitude • amplitude •similitude, verisimilitude •solitude • plenitude • finitude •decrepitude • turpitude • pulchritude •crassitude, lassitude •solicitude, vicissitude •attitude, beatitude, gratitude, latitude, platitude •exactitude • sanctitude • aptitude •rectitude • ineptitude • promptitude •fortitude • multitude • certitude •servitude • consuetude

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