"earthy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɜː.θi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɝθi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-earthy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: earthier [comparative], earthiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θi Etymology: From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|erthy}} Middle English erthy, {{suf|en|earth|y|id2=adjectival}} earth + -y, {{cog|de|erdig|t=earthy}} German erdig (“earthy”), {{cog|sv|jordig|t=earthy}} Swedish jordig (“earthy”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} earthy (comparative earthier, superlative earthiest)
  1. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth). Synonyms: terreous Translations (resembling dirt or soil): почвен (počven) (Bulgarian), пръстен (prăsten) (Bulgarian), aardeachtig (Dutch), aards (Dutch), terreux (French), terreiro (Galician), erdig (German), terreus (Latin), طوپراقلو (topraklı) (Ottoman Turkish), terroso (Portuguese), земляной (zemljanoj) (Russian), землистый (zemlistyj) (Russian), jordig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-earthy-en-adj-CtlNos8k Disambiguation of 'resembling dirt or soil': 66 9 0 1 0 24
  2. Composed, or largely composed, of soil.
    Sense id: en-earthy-en-adj-TuK8LaIH Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 11 12 28 28 11
  3. (figurative) Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural. Tags: figuratively Translations (down to earth): груб (grub) (Bulgarian), естествен (estestven) (Bulgarian), met de voeten op de grond (Dutch), natuurlijk (Dutch), непосредственный (neposredstvennyj) (Russian), земной (zemnoj) (Russian), житейский (žitejskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-earthy-en-adj-lafg2Ojs Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 11 12 28 28 11 Disambiguation of 'down to earth': 7 3 60 3 16 12
  4. (figurative) Coarse and unrefined, crude. Tags: figuratively Translations ((figurative) coarse and unrefined, crude): грубый (grubyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-earthy-en-adj-WUWNeNfM Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 19 19 8 31 6 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 11 12 28 28 11 Disambiguation of '(figurative) coarse and unrefined, crude': 1 2 3 93 0 1
  5. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth. Translations (resembling or of the earth): земен (zemen) (Bulgarian), aardeachtig (Dutch), corposo (Italian)
    Sense id: en-earthy-en-adj-3UtK5ifL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 10 15 11 41 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 24 1 16 32 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 16 16 11 39 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 9 9 6 65 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 17 7 17 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 22 1 19 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 23 1 20 33 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 13 17 7 17 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 17 7 17 33 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 17 1 18 44 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 10 17 1 18 44 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 11 13 23 12 30 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 11 12 28 28 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 17 1 18 44 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 14 15 14 36 10 Disambiguation of 'resembling or of the earth': 11 0 7 0 57 25
  6. Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
    Sense id: en-earthy-en-adj-a7w1XQJw Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 11 12 28 28 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: earthily, earthiness Related terms: earthish, Earthish, earthly, salt of the earth

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Meekly thou didſt reſign this earthy load / Of Death, call'd Life;",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "jordig",
        "t": "earthy"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish jordig (“earthy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "earthier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "earthiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "earthy"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "earthish"
    },
    {
      "word": "Earthish"
    },
    {
      "word": "earthly"
    },
    {
      "word": "salt of the earth"
    }
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      ],
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          "text": "The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "terreous"
        }
      ]
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    {
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      ],
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          "ref": "1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 103:",
          "text": "Beyond here the tides are not felt, and we now entered upon a district of elevated forest, with a finer vegetation. Large trees stretch out their arms across the stream, and the steep, earthy banks are clothed with ferns and zingiberaceous plants.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Composed, or largely composed, of soil."
      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "text": "She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.",
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        },
        {
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              36
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1673, John Milton, “Sonnet XIV”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], →OCLC, page 58:",
          "text": "Meekly thou didſt reſign this earthy load / Of Death, call'd Life;",
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        },
        {
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          "ref": "2015 May 7, A. O. Scott, “Review: ‘Saint Laurent,’ Beautiful People, High Fashion and Career at Its Pinnacle”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2019:",
          "text": "YSL, as he is often called, is equally capable of casual, aristocratic cruelty and earthy, spontaneous tenderness, and when you study his face it can be hard to distinguish boredom from rapture.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural."
      ],
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          "Down-to-earth",
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        "(figurative) Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Coarse and unrefined, crude."
      ],
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        "(figurative) Coarse and unrefined, crude."
      ],
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        "Like or resembling the earth or of the earth."
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          "text": "He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Covered with earth (mud, dirt)."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɜː.θi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɝθi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)θi"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "počven",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "почвен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "prăsten",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "пръстен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "aardeachtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "aards"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "terreux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "terreiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "erdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "terreus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "terroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zemljanoj",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "земляной"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zemlistyj",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "землистый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "jordig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "topraklı",
      "sense": "resembling dirt or soil",
      "word": "طوپراقلو"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "grub",
      "sense": "down to earth",
      "word": "груб"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "estestven",
      "sense": "down to earth",
      "word": "естествен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "down to earth",
      "word": "met de voeten op de grond"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "down to earth",
      "word": "natuurlijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "neposredstvennyj",
      "sense": "down to earth",
      "word": "непосредственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zemnoj",
      "sense": "down to earth",
      "word": "земной"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "žitejskij",
      "sense": "down to earth",
      "word": "житейский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "grubyj",
      "sense": "(figurative) coarse and unrefined, crude",
      "word": "грубый"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "zemen",
      "sense": "resembling or of the earth",
      "word": "земен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "resembling or of the earth",
      "word": "aardeachtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "resembling or of the earth",
      "word": "corposo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "earthy"
}

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