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Earthy

//ˈɜː.θi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).

    "The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me."

  2. 2
    Composed, or largely composed, of soil.

    "Beyond here the tides are not felt, and we now entered upon a district of elevated forest, with a finer vegetation. Large trees stretch out their arms across the stream, and the steep, earthy banks are clothed with ferns and zingiberaceous plants."

  3. 3
    Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.

    "She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization."

  4. 4
    Coarse and unrefined, crude. figuratively

    "earthy humour"

  5. 5
    Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
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  1. 6
    Covered with earth (mud, dirt).

    "He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron."

Adjective
  1. 1
    conspicuously and tastelessly indecent wordnet
  2. 2
    hearty and lusty wordnet
  3. 3
    not far removed from or suggestive of nature wordnet
  4. 4
    sensible and practical wordnet
  5. 5
    of or consisting of or resembling earth wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”).

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