More rough, crude, or lacking in refinement than something else.
Comparative form of 'coarse,' formed by adding the suffix '-er' to indicate a greater degree. The base word comes from Middle English via Old Norse origins, evolving to mean rough or crude in quality.
English uses '-er' for comparatives with shorter words (coarse → coarser) but switches to 'more' for longer ones (beautiful → more beautiful), and linguists still debate where exactly that cutoff point is!
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