rough-grained
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rough-grained (comparative more rough-grained, superlative most rough-grained)
- Having a rough grain or fiber.
- (by extension, figurative) coarse of character; not polished or refined.
- Synonym: rough around the edges
References
[edit]- “rough-grained”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.