Dictionary entry

Coarseness

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Coarse″ness (kōrs″nĕs), n. The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. “The coarseness of the sackcloth.” Dr. H. More.

Pardon the coarseness of the illustration.

L'Estrange.

A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings.

Burke.