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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EARTHY

a.Consisting of earth; as earthy matter. 1. Resembling earth; as an earthy taste or smell.
2. Partaking of earth; terrene.
3. Inhabiting the earth; terrestrial; as earthy spirits.
4. Relating to earth; as an earthy sign.
5. Gross; not refined; as an earthy conceit.
6. Earthy fracture, in mineralogy, is when the fracture of a mineral is rough, with minute elevations and depressions.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EARTHY

EARTHY 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. )

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

earthy

earth y |ˈərTHē ˈərθi | adjective ( earthier, earthiest ) resembling or suggestive of earth or soil: an earthy smell. (of a person ) direct and uninhibited; hearty: the storefront is given over to a young, earthy crowd. (of humor ) somewhat coarse or crude: their good-natured vulgarity and earthy humor. DERIVATIVES earth i ly adverb, earth i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

earthy

earthy |ˈəːθi | adjective ( earthier, earthiest ) 1 resembling or suggestive of earth or soil: an earthy smell. 2 (of a person or their language ) direct and uninhibited, especially about sexual subjects or bodily functions. DERIVATIVES earthily adverb, earthiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

earthy

earthy adjective 1 an earthy smell: soil-like, dirtlike. 2 she was a simple, earthy girl: down-to-earth, unsophisticated, unrefined, simple, plain, unpretentious, natural. 3 Emma's earthy language: bawdy, ribald, off-color, racy, rude, vulgar, lewd, crude, foul, coarse, uncouth, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, obscene; informal blue, locker-room, barnyard.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

earthy

earthy adjective 1 the cellar had an earthy smell: soil-like, dirt-like. 2 preaching in the earthy Calvinistic tradition: down-to-earth, unsophisticated, unrefined, homely, simple, plain, unpretentious, natural, uninhibited, rough, robust. 3 she was shocked by Emma's earthy language: bawdy, ribald, off colour, racy, rude, vulgar, lewd, crude, foul, coarse, uncouth, rough, dirty, filthy, smutty, unseemly, indelicate, indecent, indecorous, obscene; informal blue, raunchy, locker-room, X-rated; Brit. informal fruity, saucy, near the knuckle, close to the bone; N. Amer. informal gamy; euphemistic adult. ANTONYMS decorous, proper, prim.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

earthy

earth y /ə́ː r θi /形容詞 1 ⦅否定的に ⦆ユーモア 態度 言葉などが 〉がさつな, 粗野な, 低俗な ; (特に性 身体に関して )あからさまな, 直截 (ちよくせつ ).2 通例 名詞 の前で 〗土のような 〈におい 感触 肌触り 見かけなど 〉.arth i ly 副詞 arth i ness 名詞