gross

gross [grōs]

adj.

[ME grose < OFr gros, big, thick, coarse < LL grossus, thick]

1. big or fat and coarse-looking; corpulent; burly

2. glaring; flagrant; very bad [a gross miscalculation]

3. dense; thick

4.

a) lacking fineness, as in texture

b) 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]: opposed to NET²

9. Archaic evident; obvious

n.

[ME groos < OFr grosse, orig. fem. of gros ]

1. pl. grosses overall total, as of income, before deductions are taken gross

2. twelve dozen

vt., vi.

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

SYN.- COARSE

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☆ gross out

Slang to disgust, shock, offend, etc.

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in the gross or by the gross

1. in bulk; as a whole

2. wholesale: also by the gross

grossly

adv.

grossness

n.