crude

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  1. adjective Being in an unrefined or natural state; raw.
  2. adjective Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive: a crude, mannerless oaf; a crude remark.
  3. adjective Characterized by uncultured simplicity; lacking in sophistication or subtlety: had only a crude notion of how a computer works.
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  1. Middle English, from Latin crūdus; see kreuə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English crude (rare), from Old French crud, cru, French cru = Provencal cru = Spanish Italian crudo = Portuguese cru, crudo, from Latin crudus, raw, unripe, immature, rough, literally bloody, for *cruidus, akin to cruor, blood, = Welsh crau = Irish cru, cro = Gaelic cro, blood (see cro), = Lithuanian kraujas, blood: see raw. Hence cruel, etc.
 

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