earthy Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
crude; gross; vulgar.
- 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
adjective satellite not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow
- earthy smells of new-mown grass
adjective satellite hearty and lusty
- an earthy enjoyment of life
adjective of or consisting of or resembling earth
- it had an earthy smell
- only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean
adjective satellite sensible and practical
down-to-earth.
- has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem
- her earthy common sense

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.
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.
Gross; low; unrefined. "Her earthy and abhorred commands." Shak.
(Min.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.