Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Characterized by roughness; unpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. 2. (superl.) Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship. 3. (superl.) of the like. 4. (superl.) Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like; as, the rude winter. 5. (superl.) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies. 6. (superl.) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia RUDE rood: Not "impolite" in English Versions of the Bible (except perhaps 2 Maccabees 12:14), but "untrained," "ignorant"; compare the modern phrase, "a rude drawing." So Sirach 8:4 (apaideutos) and 2 Corinthians 11:6 (idiotes, `though I lack technical training in rhetoric'); compare the King James Version and the Revised Version margin Sirach 21:24.

Multi-Version Concordance Rude (2 Occurrences) 1 Corinthians 13:5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; (See RSV NIV) 2 Corinthians 11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. (KJV ASV WBS)