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coarse-grained

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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:
1760–70

Related forms:
coarse-grainedness, noun
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coarse-grained   (kôrs'grānd', kōrs'-)
adj.  

  1. Having a rough, coarse texture.

  2. Not refined; indelicate and crude.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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