earthy
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɜː.θi/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈɝθi/
Adjective

earthy (comparative earthier, superlative earthiest)

  1. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
    The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.
  2. Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
    She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.
    • 1673, John Milton, “Sonnet XIV”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occaſions., London: Printed for Tho. Dring […] , OCLC 1050806759 ↗, [https://archive.org/details/poeera00milt/page/{}/mode/1up page 58]:
      Meekly thou didſt reſign this earthy load / Of Death, call'd Life;
  3. (figurative) Coarse and unrefined, crude.
    earthy humour
  4. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
  5. Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
    • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
      He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.
Translations
  • Russian: непосредственный
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