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earthy matériel
 
English - Wordnet 3.0

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]