Oh my word Coarse, Course

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly and seriously on the subject, is silent.” –Henry David Thoreau

Her manners are coarse. Coarse? Rude. Marina Beach in Chennai is quite popular because its beach has fine sand unlike other beaches of the coastal India where they have coarse sand. Handloom products made out of jute are coarse such as sacks and carriers. Coarse is an adjective meaning large particles, unrefined, rough, unprocessed; rough or loose in texture Coarse salt is used in gourmet restaurants.

Coarse sand is not preferred for plastering the walls with cement. Dermatologists can treat people with coarse complexions. Coarse skin is treatable with the touch of a doctor. When referred to the quality of food or drinks such as wine, coarse means not of fine quality but inferior. When referred to manners, coarse implies not refined, vulgar, indecent, or uncivil such as coarse manners, coarse tastes. Variants of coarse are coarser, coarsest (adjectives), coarsely (adverb), coarseness (noun).

Coarsen is a verb meaning causing something to become coarse, not fine. The elements of weather coarsened the shoreline. She blamed the sunshine to her coarsened skin. Coarsefish is a freshwater fish but excluding trout and salmon. Caorsefishing is a sport, too. Course!

Course has many meanings, and one should refer to a standard dictionary for its comprehensive meaning. Course as a noun refers to a route, direction, track, direction followed by vehicles either on land or sea or in the air, passage, trail, orbit; forward movement in time; In the course of my life I did many things. The course of history tells us…

The course of the River Ganges spans almost the Indo-Gangetic Plains in northern India. Figuratively, course also refers to changing the direction. While we were discussing about Nature, he intervened and changed the course of discussion to Nurture. In education, course refers to a subject, lecture lessons, lectures and a programme of study.

An art course is always sought after. Are you taking a refresher course in teaching? In medicine, course refers to series of treatments, pills etc. The doctor prescribed her a course: take 8 tablets a day, and consult the clinic regularly for 8 weeks. Variants of course are courses, coursing, coursed (verbs), courses (noun plural). Due course means in time, finally, eventually.

Of course is of course common in conversational English which means naturally, certainly, obviously, indubitably, without doubt Run or takes its course means ‘develop as it is usual’ or normal.

Kovuuri G Reddy