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

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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

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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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