GROSSNESS, noun Thickness; bulkiness; corpulence; fatness; applied to animal bodies. 1. Thickness; spissitude; density; as the grossness of vapors. 2. Coarseness; rudeness; want of refinement or delicacy; vulgarity; as the grossness of language; the grossness of wit. Abhor the swinish grossness that delights to wound the ear of delicacy. 3. Greatness; enormity; as the grossness of vice.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI