1. (noun)saltiness, coarseness language or humor that is down-to-earth "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre"
2. (noun)coarseness, graininess, granularity the quality of being composed of relatively large particles
4. (noun)coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch the quality of lacking taste and refinement
Definition of 'coarseness'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)coarseness the quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language