crass
Pronunciation: /kɹæs/
The English word “crass” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste.
- Materialistic.
- Physically dense or thick.
- Lacking finesse; crude and obvious.
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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