English Explanatory Dictionary

sooty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, relating to, or producing soot.
Soiled with soot
Of the color of soot.
Dark-skinned; black.

verb

To blacken or make dirty with soot.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʊti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sooty.wav /ˈsʌti/

Word forms

sooty sootier sootiest sooties sootying sootied

Etymology

From Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar Middle English suti (“dirty, filthy”), derived from the same root as Old English besūtian (“to befoul”).

Synonyms

Derived words

Albertine sooty boubou mountain sooty boubou sootily sootiness sooty albatross sooty bark disease sooty blotch and flyspeck sooty grouse sooty grunter sooty-headed bulbul sooty-headed wren sooty kangaroo sooty orange tip sooty oystercatcher sooty stripe sooty tern

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