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texture with attitude, refusing to be smoothed into polite submission
means Rough or rugged in texture, or crude and unrefined in manner, language, or quality.
from A homophone-tangled cousin of 'course,' the path or route. Both descend from Old French 'cours' and Latin 'cursus,' the act of running. 'Coarse' began in late Middle English as a spelling variant meaning something like 'ordinary' or 'in the usual course' — common stuff, everyday cloth — and from 'common' it slid naturally toward 'rough' and 'unrefined.' The split in spelling between 'course' and 'coarse' settled only gradually, which is why the two still look like estranged twins.
- origin riddle
- likely from course, meaning ordinary or common cloth
- sound trick
- perfect homophone of coarse and course
- salt science
- coarse grains dissolve slower, season more dramatically
- sandpaper logic
- lower grit numbers mean coarser, rougher abrasion
- social meaning
- once an insult for vulgar, unrefined manners
concrete — building material with aggregate particles 4.75mm or larger
sandpaper grit 40 — abrasive rating with large particles for rough wood removal
burlap fabric — woven jute textile with visibly thick, rough fibers