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The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.
  2. n. language or humor that is down-to-earth
  3. n. the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
  4. n. looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
  5. n. the quality of lacking taste and refinement
  6. The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More. Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange. A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.
  7. The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance;vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, orlanguage. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More.Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange.A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.
  8. n:100 n. the quality of being composed of relatively large particles n. looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) n. the quality of lacking taste and refinement