crass

Meaning

  1. Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination (in the third sense of the word).
  2. Materialistic.
  3. Dense.
  4. Lacking finesse; crude and obvious.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɹæs/
Etymology

From Middle English cras, craas, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus (“dense, thick, gross, fat, heavy”). Doublet of grease.

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