coorse

Adjective

coarse (comparative coarser, superlative coarsest)

1. With a rough texture; not smooth.
   • Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […]...
2. Composed of large particles.
   • coarse sand
3. Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.
   • coarse manners
4. (archaic) Unrefined.

   Synonyms:

   rough, rude, uncouth, blunt, unpolished, inelegant, indelicate, vulgar, gritty, obscene

5. Of inferior quality.
   • Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file.

   Synonyms:

   rough, sharp, hard

6. Not thin; thick.

Noun

course (plural courses)

1. A sequence of events.
   • The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another.
   1. A normal or customary sequence.
      • The course of true love never did run smooth.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...
   2. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
      • Doubts arose about the expediency of such a course in the present crisis.
   3. Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
      • There is but one course for me to follow: I'LL MOIDER THE BUM!1958 September 6, Weasel While You Work, spoken by the Barnyard Dawg
   4. A learning programme
      • Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.1992 August 21, Edwina Currie, Diary
   5. a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject
      • I need to take a French course.

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