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rudas, n. (and a.) Sc.|ˈruːdəs|
Forms: 8 roudes, 9 rudous, roudas, rudas.
[Of obscure origin.]
A coarse, unmannerly (old) woman; a termagant, virago, hag.
1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. iv. i, Ye leed, auld roudes! 1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. xx, I followed the auld rudas through twa Courts. 1844W. Cross Disruption xxiii. (E.D.D.), What can the auld roudas want wi' me?
b. As adj. Hag-like; coarse, unmannerly.
a1802Prince Robert iv, in Scott Minstrelsy, She has put it to her roudes lip, And to her roudes chin. 1816Scott Antiq. xxvi, The auld carlin (a rudas wife she was). 1818― Rob Roy xxix, That auld rudas jaud of a gudewife. 1856G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 57 Rudous wives, grim, gaunt, and stark. |