SOOTY

jet, coal-black, jet-black, pitchy, sooty

(adjective) of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

sooty

(adjective) covered with or as if with soot; “a sooty chimney”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sooty (comparative sootier, superlative sootiest)

Of, relating to, or producing soot.

Soiled with soot

Of the color of soot.

(obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.

Synonyms

• (dark-skinned): black, dusky, inky, sable, swarthy

Verb

sooty (third-person singular simple present sooties, present participle sootying, simple past and past participle sootied)

To blacken or make dirty with soot.

Source: Wiktionary


Soot"y, a. [Compar Sootier; superl. Sootiest.] Etym: [AS. s. See Soot.]

1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. "Fire of sooty coal." Milton.

2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. "The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron." Milton. Sooty albatross (Zoöl.), an albatross (Phoebetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie.

– Sooty tern (Zoöl.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.

Soot"y, v. t.

Definition: To black or foul with soot. [R.] Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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