coarse-grained

[ kawrs-greynd, kohrs- ]
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adjective
  1. having a coarse texture or grain.

  2. indelicate; crude; vulgar; gross: a coarse-grained person with vulgar manners.

Origin of coarse-grained

1
First recorded in 1760–70

Other words from coarse-grained

  • coarse-grainedness, noun

Words Nearby coarse-grained

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British Dictionary definitions for coarse-grained

coarse-grained

adjective
  1. having a large or coarse grain

  2. (of a person) having a coarse nature; gross

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