Meaning

noun language or humor that is down-to-earth

noun the quality of being composed of relatively large particles

noun looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)

originEtymology tree English coarse Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English coarseness From coarse + -ness.

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