coarse-grained: Meaning and Definition of

coarse-grained

Pronunciation: (kôrs'grānd', kōrs'-), [key]
— adj.
  1. having a coarse texture or grain.
  2. indelicate; crude; vulgar; gross: a coarse-grained person with vulgar manners.
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