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Meaning of GROSSNESS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the quality of lacking taste and refinement
 
 Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, vulgarism, vulgarity
 
 See Also: inelegance

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gross"ness\, n.
The state or quality of being gross; thickness; corpulence;
coarseness; shamefulness.
      Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the'
      ear of delicacy.                         --Dr. T.
                                               Dwight.
 

 

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