# earthy

Pronunciation: say "UR-thee" US /ˈɝθi/, UK /ˈɜː.θi/

## Adjective

1. Resembling soil or earth, or consisting of it.
   - Simple: Like soil or dirt, or made of it.
   - _The wine has earthy notes of mushroom and forest floor._
   - _Potters prize the earthy browns of the local clay._
2. Down-to-earth and natural, without pretense or artificiality.
   - Simple: Simple, natural, and honest, not fake or fancy.
   - _Away from the cameras, the actress is surprisingly earthy, laughing loudly and talking about her vegetable patch._
   - _Fans love the singer's earthy warmth and complete lack of pretense._
3. Coarse and unrefined; crude.
   - Simple: Rough and not polite, in a crude way.
   - _The novel's earthy language shocked some of its early reviewers._
   - _The play mixes fine poetry with earthy jokes about drinking and bodily functions._
4. Covered with soil, mud, or dirt.
   - Simple: Covered with dirt or mud.
   - _The dog came back from the flower bed wet and earthy, with soil on its nose._
   - _She rinsed the earthy potatoes in the sink before peeling them._

## Origin

From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y; compare German erdig and Swedish jordig ("earthy").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/earthy (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).