Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crass"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Crass \Crass\ (kr?s), a. [L. crassus thick, fat, gross, prob.
orig., closely woven. See {Grease} animal fat, and cf.
{Crate}, {Hurdle}.]
Gross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined.
``Crass and fumid exhalations.'' --Sir. T. Browne. ``Crass
ignorance'' --Cudworth.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

crass
adj : (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination
and sensibility


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