earthy
/ˈɝθi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
adj
Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.
adj
Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
Example Sentences
- "The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me."
- "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."
- "She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization."
- "Meekly thou didſt reſign this earthy load / Of Death, call'd Life;"
- "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."
- "earthy humour"
Etymology
From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɝθi/
- British English: /ˈɜː.θi/