Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coarsener

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: coarsen-er
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which makes coarse.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From coarsen + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: coarsen

Inflected Forms

coarseners (plural)

Questions

What does coarsener mean?: That which makes coarse.
Where does coarsener come from?: From coarsen + -er.

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