What Art really reveals to us is Natures lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.
For there is no meat whatsoever, though otherwise wholesome and good, but if unseasonably taken, or immoderately used, more than the stomach can well bear, it will engender crudity and do much harm.
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Crudity — Cru di*ty (kr[udd] d[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Crudities} ( t[i^]z). [L. cruditas, fr. crudus: cf. F. crudit[ e]. See {Crude}.] 1. The condition of being crude; rawness. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crudity — early 14c., from M.Fr. crudité (14c.) and directly from L. cruditatem (nom. cruditas), from crudus (see CRUDE (Cf. crude)) … Etymology dictionary
crudity — [kro͞o′də tē] n. [ME crudite < OFr < L cruditas] 1. the condition or quality of being crude 2. pl. crudities a crude action, remark, etc … English World dictionary
crudity — crude ► ADJECTIVE 1) in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined. 2) (of an estimate or guess) likely to be only approximately accurate. 3) rudimentary or makeshift. 4) offensively coarse or rude. ► NOUN ▪ natural mineral oil.… … English terms dictionary
crudity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1547 1. the quality or state of being crude 2. something that is crude … New Collegiate Dictionary
crudity — /krooh di tee/, n., pl. crudities for 2. 1. the state or quality of being crude. 2. something crude. [1375 1425; late ME crudite < L cruditas. See CRUDE, ITY] * * * … Universalium
crudity — Synonyms and related words: callowness, coarseness, crassness, crudeness, earthiness, gaudiness, greenness, grossness, immatureness, immaturity, loudness, meretriciousness, nondevelopment, obscenity, oversimplicity, oversimplification, rawness,… … Moby Thesaurus
crudity — cru·di·ty || kruËdɪtɪ n. indelicacy, rudeness, vulgarity; quality of being unprocessed or unrefined … English contemporary dictionary
crudity — n. Rawness, See crudeness … New dictionary of synonyms
crudity — n 1. vulgarity, coarseness, commonness, lowness, crudeness; rudeness, incivility, impropriety, unseemliness, bad manners; boorishness, churlishness, boisterousness, brazenness, brassiness. 2. lack of polish, lack of breeding, unrefinement,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
