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sooty

UK/ˈsʊti/ US/ˈsʌti/ uncommon literary obsolete

adjective

1.

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

Synonyms
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Origin

From Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar Middle English suti (“dirty, filthy”), derived from the same root as Old English besūtian (“to befoul”).

Phrases

  • Albertine sooty boubou
  • mountain sooty boubou
  • sooty albatross
  • sooty bark disease
  • sooty blotch and flyspeck
  • sooty grouse
  • sooty grunter
  • sooty-headed bulbul

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