Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ROUGH-NESS, n. [ruf'ness.]

1. Unevenness of surface, occasioned by small prominences; asperity of surface; as, the roughness of a board, of a floor, or of a rock.
2. Austereness to the taste; as, the roughness of sloes. Brown.
3. Taste of astringency. Spectator.
4. Harshness to the ear; as, the roughness of sounds. Swift.
5. Ruggedness of temper; harshness; austerity. Addison.
6. Coarseness of manners or behavior; rudeness. Severity breedeth fear; but roughness breedeth hate. Bacon.
7. Want of delicacy or refinement; as, military roughness.
8. Severity; harshness or violence of discipline.
9. Violence of operation in medicines.
10. Unpolished or unfinished state; as, the roughness of a gem or a draught.
11. Inelegance of dress or appearance.
12. Tempestuousness; boisterousness; as of winds or weather.
13. Violent agitation by wind; as, the roughness of the sea in a storm.
14. Coarseness of features.