different between portly vs coarse

English

Etymology

From port +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??tli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??tli/, /?po??tli/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?po?tli?/

Adjective

portly (comparative portlier, superlative portliest)

1. Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. [from 15th c.]
   • 1824, Washington Irving, Tales of a Traveller, Introduction:

     Indeed, the poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever, since he has discovered, on such good authority, who the stout gentleman was. . . . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions.

   • 1913, P. G. Wodehouse, The Little Nugget, ch. 14:

     His portly middle section, rising beyond like a small hill, heaved rhythmically.

   • 2011 July 6, Nick Carbone, "Top 10 Worst Fictional Camp Counselors," Time (retrieved 8 May 2014):

     In Heavyweights, Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller) is a fitness guru who installs himself as the über-buff leader of Camp Hope, with the goal of helping portly youngsters shed their saggy stomachs and thunder thighs.

2. (now rare) Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing. [from 15th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:

     Portly his person was, and much increast

     Through his Heroicke grace and honourable gest.

   • 1728, Jonathan Swift, "A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy":

     Be studious well to imitate

     My portly motion, mien, and gait

Usage notes

• When used to refer to someone who is overweight, portly is a less harsh term than fat.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obese

Derived terms

• portliness

Translations

See also

• portly at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• protyl, tropyl

English

Etymology

Adjectival use of course that diverged in spelling in the 18th century. The sense developed from '(following) the usual course' (cf. of course) to 'ordinary, common' to 'lacking refinement', with 'not fine, granular' arising from its application to cloth. Compare the development of mean.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôs, IPA^(key): /k??s/
• (General American) enPR: kôrs, IPA^(key): /k???s/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: k?rs, IPA^(key): /ko(?)?s/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ko?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s
• Homophone: course

Adjective

coarse (comparative coarser, superlative coarsest)

1. Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
2. Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

   coarse manners

   coarse language

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "coarse" is often applied: language, particle, grain, graining, sand, powder, gravel, grit, salt, gold, thread, hair, cloth, grid, aggregate, texture, grass, fish, angling, fishing.

Synonyms

• (of inferior quality): thick, rough, sharp, hard
• (not refined): rough, rude, uncouth, blunt, unpolished, inelegant, indelicate, vulgar, gritty, obscene, crass

Antonyms

• (of inferior quality): fine

Derived terms

• coarsely
• coarsen
• coarseness

Translations

Further reading

• coarse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• coarse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• coarse at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Arceos, Rascoe, acrose, ocreas