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EARTHY
crude, earthy, gross, vulgar
(adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; “coarse language”; “a crude joke”; “crude behavior”; “an earthy sense of humor”; “a revoltingly gross expletive”; “a vulgar gesture”; “full of language so vulgar it should have been edited”
earthy
(adjective) hearty and lusty; “an earthy enjoyment of life”
earthy
(adjective) not far removed from or suggestive of nature; “the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow”; “earthy smells of new-mown grass”
earthy, down-to-earth
(adjective) sensible and practical; “has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem”; “her earthy common sense”
earthy
(adjective) of or consisting of or resembling earth; “it had an earthy smell”; “only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
earthy (comparative earthier, superlative earthiest)
Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
(figurative) Coarse and unrefined, crude.
Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
Anagrams
• Hayter, Thayer, aethyr, hearty, yearth
Source: Wiktionary
Earth"y, a.
1. Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter. How pale she looks, And of an earthy cold! Shak. All over earthy, like a piece of earth. Tennyson.
2. Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal. [R.] "Their earthy charge." Milton. The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy. 1 Cor. xv. 47, 48 (Rev. Ver. ) Earthy spirits black and envious are. Dryden.
3. Gross; low; unrefined. "Her earthy and abhorred commands." Shak.
4. (Min.)
Definition: Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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