I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
Milton.
3. Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature. "Crude projects." Macaulay.
Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition.
De Quincey.
The originals of Nature in their crude
Conception.
Milton.
4. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment. "Crude and inconcoct." Bacon.
5. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.
6. (Paint.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.
Crude"ly, adv. In a crude, immature manner.
Crude"ness, n. A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.
Cru"di*ty (kr&udd;"d&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n.; pl. Crudities (- t&ibreve;z). [L. cruditas, fr. crudus: cf. F. cruditÚ. See Crude.] 1. The condition of being crude; rawness.
2. That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form. "Crudities in the stomach." Arbuthnot.
Cru"dle (-d'l), v. i. See Cruddle.