Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coarseness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Pardon the coarseness of the illustration.
--L'Estrange.
A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings.
--Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coarseness
n 1: the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
[syn: {graininess}, {granularity}]
2: looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) [syn: {nubbiness},
{tweediness}]
3: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: {commonness},
{grossness}, {vulgarity}, {vulgarism}]
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