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earthy | terreux |
earthy | matériel |
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ADJECTIVE (5) 1. conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; - Example: "coarse language" - Example: "a crude joke" - Example: "crude behavior" - Example: "an earthy sense of humor" - Example: "a revoltingly gross expletive" - Example: "a vulgar gesture" - Example: "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: crude, earthy, gross, vulgar] 2. not far removed from or suggestive of nature; - Example: "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow" - Example: "earthy smells of new-mown grass" 3. hearty and lusty; - Example: "an earthy enjoyment of life" 4. of or consisting of or resembling earth; - Example: "it had an earthy smell" - Example: "only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean" 5. sensible and practical; - Example: "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem" - Example: "her earthy common sense" [syn: down-to-earth, earthy] |