rudesby

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English

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Etymology

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From rude +‎ -sby (as in various names).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rudesby (plural rudesbys or rudesbies)

  1. (archaic) A rude person
    • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
      No shame but mine: I must, forsooth, be forc'd
      To give my hand, oppos'd against my heart,
      Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen;
      Who woo'd in haste, and means to wed in leisure.
    • 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act IV, scene I:
      Will it be ever thus? Ungracious wretch,
      Fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves,
      Where manners ne'er were preach'd! out of my sight!
      Be not offended, dear Cesario.
      Rudesby, be gone!
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