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coarse
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[kɔːs], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- rough or harsh in texture
(e.g: a coarse woollen cloth)
- (of a person or their speech) lacking in refinement; crude or vulgar
(e.g: a man of coarse speech)
- relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish
(e.g: coarse anglers)
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Origin
:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘ordinary or inferior’): origin uncertain; until the 17th century identical in spelling with course, and possibly derived from the latter in the sense ‘ordinary manner’
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