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Definition of Crudities
1. crudity [n] - See also: crudity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crudities
Literary usage of Crudities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Book Prices Current (1902)
"... Crudities; reprinted from the edition of 1611, to Lefferts sale, Bangs', April
21, 1902. (263) $440.00. which are now added his Letters from India, etc. ..."
2. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1814)
"... Crudities. " I AM surprised to hear of your sudden journey to London, and am
the more concem'd to understand that 'tis oc' casion'd by the dangerous ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1901)
"... Crudities—Gaming—Earl of Buchan—Attachment in Families— Feudal System-Cave's
Ghost Story—Witches. ON Saturday, March 27, I introduced to him Sir ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... his learning raised nim above his fellows yet did not estrange him from the
people: his conviviality, the crudities in his conversation and preaching, ..."
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