Lexic.us

Definition of Earthy

1. Adjective. Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent. "Full of language so vulgar it should have been edited"

2. Adjective. Not far removed from or suggestive of nature. "Earthy smells of new-mown grass"

3. Adjective. Hearty and lusty. "An earthy enjoyment of life"

4. Adjective. Of or consisting of or resembling earth. "Only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean"

5. Adjective. Sensible and practical. "Her earthy common sense"

Definition of Earthy

1. a. Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.

Definition of Earthy

1. Adjective. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth). ¹

2. Adjective. Down to earth, un-artificed, natural. ¹

3. Adjective. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth. ¹

4. Adjective. Covered with earth (mud, dirt). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Earthy

1. composed of, resembling, or suggestive of earth [adj EARTHIER, EARTHIEST]

Medical Definition of Earthy

1. 1. Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter. "How pale she looks, And of an earthy cold!" (Shak) "All over earthy, like a piece of earth." (Tennyson) 2. Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal. "Their earthy charge." "The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy." (1 Cor. Xv. 47, 48 (Rev. Ver)) "Earthy spirits black and envious are." (Dryden) 3. Gross; low; unrefined. "Her earthy and abhorred commands." 4. Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthy

earthsmen earthspace earthstar earthstars earthtongue earthward earthwards earthware earthwares earthwax

earthwolf earthwork earthworks earthworm earthworms earthy (current term) earthy water earware earwax earwaxes

earwear earwig earwigged earwigging earwiggy earwigs earwitness earwitnesses earworm earworms

Literary usage of Earthy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1810)
"The first order comprehends under it all the combinations composed entirely of earthy bodies, or of earthy bodies united with ... ORDER I. earthy STONES. ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"51.04 or earthy Matter, Carbonate of lime Fluoride of calcium. Phosphate of magnesia Soda and chloride of sodium Some chemists add to this about 1 per cent, ..."

3. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body by Matthew Baillie, James Wardrop (1833)
"77<e Uterus Changed into an earthy Substance. THE uterus has also been known to be converted into an earthy substance. J It is probably of the same kind ..."

4. Science for the School and Family by Worthington Hooker (1865)
"A large proportion of the earthy minerals are silicates of the earths alumina, lime, magnesia, etc. These earths, as you learned in Part II., ..."

5. The Metallurgy of Iron and Steel: Theoretical and Practical: in All Its by Henry Stafford Osborn (1869)
"earthy Carbonate Ores, and Calcareous Carbonate Ores, Impure earthy Limestone Ores. These ores are variously composed, as above suggested under ARGILLACEOUS ..."

6. A Manual of clinical diagnosis by means of laboratory methods, for students by Charles Edmund Simon (1902)
"Separate Estimation of the earthy and Alkaline Phosphates. — If the alkaline and earthy phosphates are to be determined separately, the total amount of P2O5 ..."

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