earthy.
Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
Meaning & usage
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.
Composed, or largely composed, of soil.
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.
Coarse and unrefined, crude.
earthy humour
Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”).
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