Dictionary entry

Earthy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Earth″y (?), a. 1. Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.

How pale she looks,

And of an earthy cold! Shak.

All over earthy, like a piece of earth. Tennyson.

2. Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal. “Their earthy charge.” Milton.

The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy. 1 Cor. xv. 47, 48 (Rev. Ver.)

Earthy spirits black and envious are. Dryden.

3. Gross; low; unrefined. “Her earthy and abhorred commands.” Shak.

4. (Min.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.