coarse
adjEtymology
Adjectival use of course that diverged in spelling in the 18th century. The sense developed from '(following) the usual course' (cf. of course) to 'ordinary, common' to 'lacking refinement', with 'not fine, granular' arising from its application to cloth. Compare the development of mean.
Definitions
With a rough texture
With a rough texture; not smooth.
Composed of large particles.
- coarse sand
- Graham flour is coarsely granulated wheat meal. No sieves or bolting cloths are employed in its manufacture, and many coarse, unpulverized particles are present in the product.
- Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last.
Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.
- coarse manners
- coarse language
- ☞ This word [earth] is liable to a coarſe vulgar pronunciation, as if written Urth;[…]
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Unrefined.
Of inferior quality.
- Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file.
- She detests visiting coarse places.
The neighborhood
- antonymfineof inferior quality
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at coarse. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at coarse. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at coarse
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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