"coarseness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: coarsenesses [plural]
Etymology: From coarse + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|coarse|ness}} coarse + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} coarseness (usually uncountable, plural coarsenesses)
  1. The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-coarseness-en-noun--a10cprS
  2. The quality or state of being coarse Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (quality of being coarse): grovhed [common-gender] (Danish), boirbe [feminine] (Irish), grovhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Groffheit [feminine] (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-coarseness-en-noun-iqms2qCN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'quality of being coarse': 20 80

Inflected forms

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