earthy
adjective
1.
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”
2.
not far removed from or suggestive of nature
- “the earthy taste of warm milk fresh from the cow”
- “earthy smells of new-mown grass”
3.
4.
- “has a straightforward down-to-earth approach to a problem”
- “her earthy common sense”
Origin
From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth + -y. Compare German erdig (“earthy”), Swedish jordig (“earthy”).
Phrases
- salt of the earth
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