a. [ Pref. un- + rude. In sense 2 un- is intensive. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Not rude; polished. Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Excessively rude. [ Obs. & R. ] “See how the unrude rascal backbites him.” B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. nudus. See Naked. ] 1. Bare; naked; unclothed; undraped; as, a nude statue. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Law) Naked; without consideration; void; as, a nude contract. See Nudum pactum. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
The nude, the undraped human figure in art. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- Nude"ly, adv.- Nude"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]