coarsen

== English == === Etymology === From coarse + -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔː(ɹ)sən/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sən === Verb === coarsen (third-person singular simple present coarsens, present participle coarsening, simple past and past participle coarsened) (transitive) To make (more) coarse. 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6 "D'Sonoqua," [1] She appeared to be neither wooden nor stationary, but a singing spirit, young and fresh, passing through the jungle. No violence coarsened her; no power domineered to wither her. She was graciously feminine. (intransitive) To become (more) coarse. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === seacorn, canoers, sea corn, Creason, corneas, Sarceno, sorance, Croesan, carnose, narcose, Carones, earcons, Coreans