Coarse"ness (?), n.
The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.
"The
coarseness of the sackcloth."
Dr. H. More.
Pardon the coarseness of the illustration.
L'Estrange.
A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings.
Burke.
© Webster 1913.