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) 2.0 [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}]
[also: {earthiest}, {earthier}]