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Webster 1913 Edition

Crass

Crass

(kr?s)
,
Adj.
[L.
crassus
thick, fat, gross, prob. orig., closely woven. See
Grease
animal fat, and cf.
Crate
,
Hurdle
.]
Gross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined.
“Crass and fumid exhalations.”
Sir. T. Browne.
“Crass ignorance”
Cudworth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crass

CRASS

,
Adj.
[L., the same as gross, which see.] Gross; thick; coarse; not thing, nor fine; applied to fluids and solids; as, crass and fumid exhalations. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

crass

crass

English

Adjective

crass ‎(comparative crasser, superlative crassest)

  1. coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination
    • 2002, Mike Tyson to the Media,
      You guys would rather be with someone else who’s equal to your status in life. Tiger Woods, or somebody. I comes across as crass, a Neanderthal, a babbling idiot sometimes. I like to show you that person. I like that person. [...]
  2. materialistic
  3. dense

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Etymology

Borrowing from Middle French crasse, from Latin crassus ‎(“dense”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɹæs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɹæs/
  • Rhymes: -æs

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