grossness

Variant of gross

gross definition

gross (grōs)

adjective

  1. big or fat and coarse-looking; corpulent; burly
  2. glaring; flagrant; very bad a gross miscalculation
  3. dense; thick
    1. lacking fineness, as in texture
    2. lacking fine distinctions or specific details
  5. lacking in refinement or perception; insensitive; dull
  6. vulgar; obscene; coarse gross language
  7. Slang unpleasant, disgusting, offensive, etc.
  8. with no deductions; total; entire gross income
  9. Archaic evident; obvious

Etymology: ME grose < OFr gros, big, thick, coarse < LL grossus, thick

noun

  1. pl. grosses gross′es overall total, as of income, before deductions are taken
  2. pl. gross twelve dozen

Etymology: ME groos < OFr grosse, orig. fem. of gros

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to earn (a specified total amount) before expenses are deducted

Related Forms:

gross Idioms

gross out

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Slang to disgust, shock, offend, etc.

in the gross

  1. in bulk; as a whole
  2. wholesale
    also by the gross

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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