麤惡之語。又佛有大小乘之二教，小乘之教，謂之麤言，又有勸誡之二門，誡門之教，謂之麤言。涅槃經二十曰：「麤言及軟語，皆歸第一義。是故我今者，歸依於世尊。」
麁言 Coarse, crude, rough, immature words or talk; evil words. Rough, outline, preliminary words, e. g. Hīnayāna in contrast with Mahāyāna. The rough-and-ready, or cruder ' words and method of 誡 prohibitions from evil, in contrast with the more refined method of 勸 exhortation to good.