SMUTTY

black, smutty

(adjective) soiled with dirt or soot; “with feet black from playing outdoors”; “his shirt was black within an hour”

cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty

(adjective) characterized by obscenity; “had a filthy mouth”; “foul language”; “smutty jokes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

smutty (comparative smuttier, superlative smuttiest)

Soiled with smut; blackened, dirty.

Obscene, indecent.

• Episode 12, The Cyclops

Affected with the smut fungus.

Verb

smutty (third-person singular simple present smutties, present participle smuttying, simple past and past participle smuttied)

(transitive) To make dirty; to soil.

Source: Wiktionary


Smut"ty, a. [Compar. Smuttier; superl. Smuttiest.]

1. Soiled with smut; smutted.

2. Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn.

3. Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying. The smutty joke, ridiculously lewd. Smollett.

– Smut"ti*ly, adv.

– Smut"ti*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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