earthy
Meanings
adj
- Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
- Composed, or largely composed, of soil.
- Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
- Coarse and unrefined, crude.
- Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
- Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
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Etymology
From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”).
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