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Webster 1913 Edition
Coarseness
Coarse′ness
(kōrs′nĕs)
, Noun.
The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness;
“The coarseness of the sackcloth.” as,
. coarseness
of food, texture, manners, or languageDr. H. More.
Pardon the
coarseness
of the illustration. L’Estrange.
A
coarseness
and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Coarseness
COARSENESS
, n.1.
Largeness of size; thickness; as the coarseness of thread.2.
The quality of being made of coarse thread or yarn; whence thickness and roughness; as the coarseness of cloth.3.
Unrefined state; the state of being mixed with gross particles or impurities; as the coarseness of glass.4.
Roughness; grossness; rudeness; applied to manners; as the coarseness of a clown.5.
Grossness; want of refinement or delicacy; want of polish; as the coarseness of expression or of language.6.
Meanness; want of art in preparation; want of nicety; as the coarseness of food or of raiment.Definition 2024
coarseness
coarseness
English
Noun
coarseness (usually uncountable, plural coarsenesses)
- The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
- The quality or state of being coarse; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.
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