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noun
The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The quality or state of being coarse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Something that is coarse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
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noun
the quality of lacking taste and refinement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inelegance
noun
looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nubbiness, tweediness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roughness, raggedness
noun
the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: graininess, granularity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roughness, raggedness
Narrower terms: sandiness
noun
language or humor that is down-to-earth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: saltiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expressive style, style
History
Etymology tree English coarse Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English coarseness From coarse + -ness.
Across languages
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