Meaning of "earthy" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of earthy

1. (adj.sat.) 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"

2. (adj.sat.) hearty and lusty; "an earthy enjoyment of life"

3. (adj.sat.) not far removed from or suggestive of nature; "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass"

4. (adj.sat.) sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense"

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