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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coarse \Coarse\, a. [Compar. {Coarser}; superl. {Coarsest}.] [As this word was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence homely, made for common domestic use plain, rude, rough, gross, e. g., ``Though the threads be course.'' --Gascoigne. See {Course}.] 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to {fine}; as coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread. 2. Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as coarse manners; coarse language. I feel Of what coarse metal ye are molded. --Shak. To copy, in my coarse English, his beautiful expressions. --Dryden. Syn: Large thick; rough; gross; blunt; uncouth; unpolished; inelegant; indelicate; vulgar.
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