Definitions
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Word origin
Adjectival use of course that diverged in spelling in the 18th century. The sense developed from '(following) the usual course' (cf. of course) to 'ordinary, common' to 'lacking refinement', with 'not fine, granular' arising from its application to cloth. Compare the development of mean.
Used in a sentence
“coarse sand”
“Graham flour is coarsely granulated wheat meal. No sieves or bolting cloths are employed in its manufacture, and many coarse, unpulverized particles are present in the product.”
“Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Rough in texture”6 letters
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