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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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16 words match “GROSSNESS”

GROSSNESS n.
uality of being gross; thickness; corpulence; coarseness; shamefulness. Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the' ear of delicacy. Dr. T. Dwight.
BROADNESS n.
The condition or quality of being broad; breadth; coarseness; grossness.
CARNAL-MINDEDNESS n.
Grossness of mind.
CARNALITY n.
The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson.
COARSENESS 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.
CRASSNESS n.
Grossness. [Obs.] Glanvill.
DRAG v.
ag a net in fishing. Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. Denham. The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. Tennyson. A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope.
EARTHINESS n.
The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.
EARTHLINESS n.
The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
FLESHINESS n.
The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton.
FULSOME a.
Offending or disgusting by overfullness, excess, or grossness; cloying; gross; nauseous; esp., offensive from excess of praise; as, fulsome flattery. And lest the fulsome artifice should fail Themselves will hide its coarseness with a veil. Cowper.
GREASINESS n.
The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness.
IMPLICATION n.
mplicating, or the state of being implicated. Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle.
POWER n.
ng, etc. I. Watts. The guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a received belief. Shak.
VULGARISM n.
Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.
VULGARITY n.
Grossness or clownishness of manners of language; absence of refinement; coarseness. The reprobate vulgarity of the frequenters of Bartholomew Fair. B. Jonson.