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Vinony

crudeness

noun

  1. crudity (state/quality of being crude)
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English crude Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crudeness From crude + -ness.

  1. The state of being crude
  2. A crude act or characteristic.

    “We will never eliminate the crudenesses, the anti-intellectual rules, the mucker pose in higher education, until we give the universities back to faculty and students.”