Definitions
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Word origin
From Middle English gros (“large, thick, full-bodied; coarse, unrefined, simple”), from Old French gros, from Latin grossus (“big, fat, thick”, in Late Latin also “coarse, rough”), of uncertain further origin but perhaps related to Proto-Celtic *brassos (“great, violent”).
Used in a sentence
“a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence; a gross insult”
“Henry IV. My gracious uncle, let me know my fault: / On what condition stands it and wherein? / Edmund of Langley. Even in condition of the worst degree, / In gross rebellion and detested treason:”
“Your very faults, how gross soere, to me / Have something pleasing in ’em.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“before expenses”5 letters
02“Total before deductions”5 letters
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