Associations to the word «Earthy»

Wiktionary

EARTHY, adjective. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
EARTHY, adjective. Down to earth, un-artificed, natural.
EARTHY, adjective. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
EARTHY, adjective. Covered with earth (mud, dirt).

Dictionary definition

EARTHY, adjective. Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "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".
EARTHY, adjective. Not far removed from or suggestive of nature; "the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow"; "earthy smells of new-mown grass".
EARTHY, adjective. Hearty and lusty; "an earthy enjoyment of life".
EARTHY, 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".
EARTHY, adjective. Sensible and practical; "has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem"; "her earthy common sense".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats