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smut⋅ty

[smuht-ee]
–adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est.
1. soiled with smut; grimy.
2. indecent or obscene, as talk or writing: a smutty novel.
3. given to indecent or obscene talk, writing, etc., as a person.
4. (of plants) affected with smut.

Origin:
1590–1600; smut + -y 1


smut⋅ti⋅ly, adverb
smut⋅ti⋅ness, noun
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smut   (smŭt)   
n.  
    1. A particle of dirt.

    2. A smudge made by soot, smoke, or dirt.

    3. Obscenity in speech or writing.

    4. Pornography.

    5. Any of various plant diseases, especially of cereal grasses, caused by parasitic fungi of the order Ustilaginales that form black powdery masses of spores on the affected parts.

    6. A fungus causing such a disease.

    1. Obscenity in speech or writing.

    2. Pornography.

    3. Any of various plant diseases, especially of cereal grasses, caused by parasitic fungi of the order Ustilaginales that form black powdery masses of spores on the affected parts.

    4. A fungus causing such a disease.

    1. Any of various plant diseases, especially of cereal grasses, caused by parasitic fungi of the order Ustilaginales that form black powdery masses of spores on the affected parts.

    2. A fungus causing such a disease.

v.   smut·ted, smut·ting, smuts

v.   tr.
  1. To blacken or smudge, as with smoke or grime.

  2. To affect (a plant) with smut.

  3. To free (grain, for example) from smut.

  4. To make obscene.

v.   intr.
  1. To emit smut.

  2. To be or become blackened or smudged.

  3. To become affected with smut, as a plant.


[From Middle English smotten, smutten, to defile.]
smut'ti·ly adv., smut'ti·ness n., smut'ty adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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