ETYMOLOGY
from French crudelité, from Latin crudelitas (cruelty), from crudelis (cruel)
EXAMPLE
“…The thyrd synne is vnmyserycorde and crudelyte For he whyche playeth wold fayne take from his felowe bothe breche and sherte the whiche thynge the theuys whyche dyspoyle and robbe the pylgrymes doon not…”
From: Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the book callid Caton
Translated by William Caxton, 1483
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