Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rude, boisterous, or turbulent fellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An uncivil, turbulent fellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
rude person
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
rude + -sby (as in various names)
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word rudesby.
Examples
-
Quoth the merchant to himself, This wildling is a rudesby and a maggotty head.
-
But the rudesby was too old to be served as he had served the schoolmaster!
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
-
Halbert, "doubt not that thy faithful Affability will be more commoved by the speech of this rudesby, than the bright and serene moon is perturbed by the baying of the cottage-cur, proud of the height of his own dunghill, which, in his conceit, lifteth him nearer unto the majestic luminary."
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
-
Quoth the merchant to himself, "This wildling is a rudesby and a maggotty head.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
sionnach commented on the word rudesby
a loud boor; a generally offensive person.
January 2, 2008