coarsener

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noun

That which makes coarse.

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Meanings

nouncoarsener (plural coarseners)

plural coarseners

  1. That which makes coarse.

    MTV, you pornographer, you segregationist, you imperialist, you coarsener of culture, you aborter of attention spans.

    2007 September 8, Virginia Heffernan, “Hated, Loved and Second-Guessed, MTV Is Still a Channel About Stars”, in New York Times

Origin

From coarsen + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

coarsener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coarsener

MLA

“coarsener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coarsener. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coarsener,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coarsener.

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