Earthy
['ɜːθɪ] or ['ɝθi]
Definition
(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.) of or consisting of or resembling earth; 'it had an earthy smell'; 'only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean' .
Checked by Kenneth--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal.
(a.) Gross; low; unrefined.
(a.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Terrene, composed of earth.[2]. Earthly, terrestrial.[3]. Gross, coarse, unrefined.
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Examples
- The principle on which Lithography depends is the different chemical affinities of water for oily and for earthy substances, which cause it to run off from the one and adhere to the other. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The leaves fell about me from the groaning branches, and the earthy decay in the atmosphere chilled me to the bones. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The doll's dressmaker had become a little quaint shrew; of the world, worldly; of the earth, earthy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- So she sat, corpse-like, as we played at cards; the frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress, looking like earthy paper. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The silica, which is the principal ingredient of sand, as well as of nearly all the earthy minerals, is known as rock crystal in its naturally crystallized form. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The mechanical processes designed to separate the ore from its enclosing rock or other superfluous earthy matter called _gangue_ became known as _ore dressing_ and _ore concentrating_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Granite abounds in crystallized earthy materials, and these occur for the most part in veins traversing the mass of the rock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The earthy smell of the dried leaves was balm to my sense after the hateful odour of sea-weed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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