COARSE-GRAINED


Meaning of COARSE-GRAINED in English

— coarse-grainedness , n.

/kawrs"graynd", kohrs"-/ , adj.

1. having a coarse texture or grain.

2. indelicate; crude; vulgar; gross: a coarse-grained person with vulgar manners.

[ 1760-70 ]

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