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coarseness
(encz) | coarseness,hrubost n: Zdeněk Brož |
coarseness
(encz) | coarseness,nekultivovanost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Coarseness
(gcide) | Coarseness \Coarse"ness\ (k[=o]rs"n[e^]s), n.
The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance;
vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture,
manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth."
--Dr. H. More.
[1913 Webster]
Pardon the coarseness of the illustration.
--L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings.
--Burke.
[1913 Webster] |
coarseness
(wn) | coarseness
n 1: language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of
their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and
saltiness riddled their core genre" [syn: saltiness,
coarseness]
2: the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
[syn: coarseness, graininess, granularity]
3: looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) [syn:
coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness]
4: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn:
coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity,
vulgarism, raunch] |
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Coarseness
(gcide) | Coarseness \Coarse"ness\ (k[=o]rs"n[e^]s), n.
The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance;
vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture,
manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth."
--Dr. H. More.
[1913 Webster]
Pardon the coarseness of the illustration.
--L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings.
--Burke.
[1913 Webster] |
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