crudity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a wild or unrefined state
    crudeness; rudeness; primitivism; primitiveness.
  2. noun an impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement
    crudeness; gaucheness.
    • the whole town was famous for its crudeness

WordNet


Cru"di*ty noun
Etymology
L. cruditas, fr. crudus: cf. F. crudit. See Crude.
Wordforms
plural Crudities
Definitions
  1. The condition of being crude; rawness.
  2. That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form. "Cridities in the stomach." Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913