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Definition of Earthiness
1. n. The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.
Definition of Earthiness
1. Noun. The state of being earthy ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) grossness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Earthiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthiness
Literary usage of Earthiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. God in Christ: Three Discourses, Delivered at New Haven, Cambridge, and by Horace Bushnell (1852)
"... represents their insufficiency and earthiness when he says— " My dark and
cloudy words, they do but hold The truth, as cabinets inclose the gold. ..."
2. The Bhagavat-Geeta, Or, Dialogues of Krishna and Arjoon in Eighteen Lectures by J. Garrett, Wilhelm Humboldt (1849)
"He who has the quality of earthiness. beholds in them only the various and
individual divided existences. He who is clouded by darkness, attaches himself to ..."
3. The Resources of California: Comprising Agriculture, Mining, Geography by John Shertzer Hittell (1869)
"... to the strength of the Los Angeles grape, and the " earthiness" of its taste,
which earthiness is stronger in the sparkling than in the still liquid. ..."
4. The Practical Christian: Or, The Devout Penitent. A Book of Devotion by Richard Sherlock, Thomas Wilson, ed H. H. S. (1843)
"... and the sordid earthiness of my desires ; to lament that I am so much a stranger
to my native home of Heaven, where my immortal soul was originally ..."
5. The Musical World (1882)
"If you will not misunderstand me, I should like to say that it is the ripe
earthiness of Marie Roze that fills the sense. But now that I have said it, ..."
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