rude (adj.) Old form(s): rud'st
[of wind or water] stormy, turbulent, harsh
2H4 III.i.20[King Henry IV alone, of sleep affecting a ship-boy] Wilt thou ... rock his brains / In cradle of the rude imperious surge
2H4 III.i.27[King Henry IV alone, of sleep] give thy repose / To the wet sea-son in an hour so rude
Cym IV.ii.174[Belarius alone, of Arviragus and Guiderius] they are ... as rough, / (Their royal blood enchafed) as the rud'st wind
H8 III.ii.364[Wolsey alone, of his situation] to the mercy / Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me
KL IV.ii.30[Albany to Gonerill] the dust which the rude wind / Blows in your face
MND II.i.152[Oberon to Puck, of a mermaid] Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath / That the rude sea grew civil at her song
R2 III.ii.54[King Richard to Aumerle] Not all the water in the rough rude sea / Can wash the balm off from an anointed king
TN V.i.76[Antonio to Orsino, of Viola as Cesario] That most ingrateful boy ... / From the rude sea's enraged and foamy mouth / Did I redeem
TNK II.i.331[Palamon to his window] May rude wind never hurt thee
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