Definitions for earthy

earthy earth·y

Spelling: [ur-thee]
IPA: /ˈɜr θi/

Earthy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in earthy (aehrty).

Definitions for earthy

adjective

  1. of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
  2. characteristic of earth:
  3. realistic; practical.
  4. coarse or unrefined:
  5. direct; robust; unaffected:
  6. (of a mineral) having a dull luster and rough to the touch.
  7. Archaic. worldly; pertaining to the earth.

Origin of earthy

First recorded in 1350-1400, earthy is from the Middle English word erthy. See earth, -y1

Examples for earthy

The earthy smell of fresh grass fills the air in late afternoon.

To stay awake Miles was eating Twizzlers, and Shailene, as usual, was drinking an earthy tea.

It had an earthy, insipid taste, and is described as "unctuous."

These sexual, earthy, animal-human deities really were opposed to everything the early Christians venerated as holy.

The appearance of these two girls in this earthy family was anomalous.

Romney is like the sheriff of Nottingham: all castle, no conviction; which makes Newt Gingrich the earthy Friar Tuck.

He was, however, an individual of earthy hue, with precocious wrinkles.

The colors were earthy and neutral, and the cuts were impeccably tailored.

All about the air swam with pleasant, heated, drowsy, earthy odors.

My anger and disgust at his gross earthy egoism had vanished.

Word Value for earthy
Scrable

12

Words with friends

10

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