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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Earthy \Earth"y\, a. 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. [R.] ``Their earthy charge.'' --Milton. 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.'' --Shak. 4. (Min.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as an earthy fracture. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: earthy adj 1: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: {coarse}, {crude}, {gross}, {vulgar}] 2: not far removed from or suggestive of nature; "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass" 3: hearty and lusty; "an earthy enjoyment of life" 4: sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense" [syn: {down-to-earth}]
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