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Earthy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Earthy? [adj] 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" [adj] hearty and lusty; "an earthy enjoyment of life" [adj] not far removed from or suggestive of nature; "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass" [adj] sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Earthy: coarse \| crude \| down-to-earth \| gross \| indecent \| natural \| realistic \| uninhibited \| vulgar Related Terms \| Find terms related to Earthy: abandoned \| Adamic \| Adamite \| Adamitic \| adobe \| animal \| animalistic \| anthropocentric \| anthropological \| banausic \| bawdy \| beastlike \| beastly \| bestial \| bodily \| broad \| brutal \| brute \| brutish \| carnal \| carnal-minded \| Circean \| clayey \| clayish \| coarse \| crass \| crude \| dirty \| down-to-earth \| dusty \| earthly \| fallen \| finite \| fleshly \| frail \| frank \| gaudy \| gross \| gumbo \| gutter \| hard-boiled \| hardheaded \| hominal \| homocentric \| human \| humanistic \| indecent \| lapsed \| loamy \| loud \| low \| lusty \| man-centered \| marly \| material \| materialistic \| matter-of-fact \| meretricious \| mortal \| muddy \| mundane \| nonspiritual \| obscene \| only human \| orgiastic \| Philistine \| physical \| positivistic \| postlapsarian \| practical \| practical-minded \| pragmatic \| profane \| rank \| rational \| raw \| realist \| realistic \| reasonable \| ribald \| rough \| rude \| sandy \| sane \| scientific \| scientistic \| secular \| sensible \| sensual \| shameless \| sober-minded \| soily \| sound \| sound-thinking \| straight-thinking \| swinish \| tellurian \| telluric \| temporal \| terrene \| terrestrial \| unangelic \| uncouth \| unideal \| unidealistic \| uninhibited \| unrefined \| unromantic \| unsentimental \| unspiritual \| vulgar \| wanton \| weak \| worldly See Also \| Earthy In Webster's Dictionary \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.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.

Earthy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Earthy?

[adj] 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"
[adj] hearty and lusty; "an earthy enjoyment of life"
[adj] not far removed from or suggestive of nature; "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass"
[adj] sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense"

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Earthy In Webster's Dictionary

\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.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch;
   as, an earthy fracture.

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