adj.
- rough or harsh in texture; unrefined.
▸consisting of large grains or particles:
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a coarse white powder.
- (of a person's features) not elegantly formed or proportioned.
- rude or vulgar.
- Brit. relating to the sport of angling for coarse fish.
Derivative
- coarsely adv.
- coarseness n.
- coarsish adj.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘ordinary or inferior’): origin uncertain; perh. rel. to course.
