rude Copy link Outline I. Unfinished, unpolished1. rŭdis, e2. incondĭtus3. dūrus4. agrestis (boorish and uncultivated). Join5. rustĭcus6. ĭnurbānus (impolite)7. horrĭdus (rough, blunt, unpolished)II. Ill-humoured, unkind, insolent1. asper2. fĕrus3. inhūmānus4. immansuētus5. insŏlens6. pĕtŭlans (saucy)7. prŏtervus8. injūriōsus9. importūnus (intrusive) • rude: I. Unfinished, unpolished: (of things and persons): 1. rŭdis, e: a r. orator, rudis orator, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 175. Join: rudis et incompositus, Quint. 10, 1, 66; rudis indigestaque moles, Ov. Met. 1, 7. 2. incondĭtus: r. verses, inc. versus, Liv. 4, 53: a r. (unpolished) way of speaking, inc. [antiquorum] dicendi consuetudo, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 173. 3. dūrus: r. dances, durae choreae, Ov. Fast. 3, 537. 4. agrestis (boorish and uncultivated). Join: vasti atque agrestes, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: agrestes et barbari, id. Mil. 9, 26. 5. rustĭcus: v. rustic, boorish. 6. ĭnurbānus (impolite): I should not be so r., non essem tam inurbanus, Cic. de Or. 2, 90, 365. 7. horrĭdus (rough, blunt, unpolished): r. Saturnian metre, h. numerus Saturnius, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 157: cf. id. Od. 3, 21, 10, non ille ... te negliget horridus: Cic. Phr.: the Carthaginians threw up a r. fortification, castra tumultuaria communierunt, Liv. 28, 16. II. Ill-humoured, unkind, insolent: 1. asper: Hor. A. P. 163: jokes too r., asperiores facetiae, Cic. Planc. 14, 33. 2. fĕrus: Ter. Andr 1, 5, 43. 3. inhūmānus: r. old men, inhumani senes, Cic. Sen. 3, 7: r. neglect, inhumana negligentia, id. Off. 1, 36, 130. 4. immansuētus: Join: immansuetumque ferumque ingenium, Ov. Met. 15, 85. 5. insŏlens: v. insolent. 6. pĕtŭlans (saucy): a r. way of jesting, jocandi genus ... p., Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104. Fig.: the r. East winds, p. Euri, Lucr. 6, 110. 7. prŏtervus: v. wanton. Fig. and poet.: r. winds, venti protervi, Hor. Od. 1, 26, 2. 8. injūriōsus: poet., with r. foot, inj. pede, Hor. Od. 1, 35, 13: the r. (boisterous) winds, inj. venti, id. Epod. 17, 34. 9. importūnus (intrusive): the r. birds, imp. volucres, id. S. 1, 8, 6: r. poverty, imp. pauperies, id. Od. 3, 16, 37.