Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COARSE'NESS, n.

1. Largeness of size; thickness; as, the coarseness of thread.
2. The quality of being made of coarse thread or yarn; whence thickness and roughness; as, the coarseness of cloth.
3. Unrefined state; the state of being mixed with gross particles or impurities; as, the coarseness of glass. – Bacon.
4. Roughness; grossness; rudeness; applied to manners; as, the coarseness of a clown. – Garth.
5. Grossness; want of refinement or delicacy; want of polish; as, the coarseness of expression or of language. – L'Estrange.
6. Meanness; want of art in preparation; want of nicety; as, the coarseness of food or of raiment.