crudus

  • 101crude — late 14c., in a raw state, from L. crudus rough; not cooked, raw, bloody, from PIE *krue do , from PIE *kreue (1) raw flesh (see RAW (Cf. raw)). Meaning lacking grace is first attested 1640s. Related: Crudely; crudeness. Crude oil is from 1865 …

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  • 102crudity — early 14c., from M.Fr. crudité (14c.) and directly from L. cruditatem (nom. cruditas), from crudus (see CRUDE (Cf. crude)) …

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  • 103cruel — early 13c., from O.Fr. cruel (12c.), earlier crudel, from L. crudelis rude, unfeeling; cruel, hard hearted, related to crudus rough, raw, bloody (see CRUDE (Cf. crude)) …

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  • 104ecru — 1869, from Fr. écru raw, unbleached, from O.Fr. escru raw, crude, rough (13c.), from es thoroughly (see EX (Cf. ex )) + L. crudus raw (see CRUDE (Cf. crude)) …

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  • 105raw — (adj.) O.E. hreaw uncooked, raw, from P.Gmc. *khrawaz (Cf. O.N. hrar, M.Du. rau, O.H.G. hrawer, Ger. roh), from PIE root *kreue (1) raw flesh (Cf. Skt. kravih raw flesh, krura bloody, raw, hard; Gk. kreas …

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  • 106recrudesce — (v.) 1875, back formation from recrudescence, or else from L. recrudescere, from re (see RE (Cf. re )) + crudescere, from crudus raw (see CRUDE (Cf. crude)). Related: Recrudesced; recrudescing …

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  • 107recrudescence — (n.) 1721, from L. recrudescere re open (of wounds), lit. become raw again, from re again (see RE (Cf. re )) + crudescere, from crudus raw (see CRUDE (Cf. crude)) + inchoative suffix escere …

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  • 108ЛАКРИЦА — ЛАКРИЦА, лакричник, солодка гладкая, Glycyrrhiza, vel Liquiritia glabra, растение сем. мотыльковых (Papilionaceae); мед. значение имеют две разновидности: var. glan dulifera Regel et Herder русская лакрица и var. typicа испанская лакрица. Высокие …

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  • 109crude — adjective 1》 in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined: crude oil. 2》 made or done in a rudimentary or makeshift way: a relatively crude nuclear weapon.     ↘(of an estimate) approximate. 3》 offensively coarse or rude, especially in …

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  • 110cruel — adjective (crueller, cruellest or crueler, cruelest) disregarding or taking pleasure in the pain or suffering of others. ↘causing pain or suffering. Derivatives cruelly adverb Origin ME: via OFr. from L. crudelis, related to crudus (see crude) …

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