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smutty

[smuht-ee]

adjective, -ti·er, -ti·est.

soiled with smut; grimy.

indecent or obscene, as talk or writing: a smutty novel.

given to indecent or obscene talk, writing, etc., as a person.

(of plants) affected with smut.

Origin:
1590–1600; smut + -y¹

Related forms

smut·ti·ly, adverb

smut·ti·ness, noun

un·smut·ty, adjective

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smut (smʌt)

—n
1.	a small dark smudge or stain, esp one caused by soot
2.	a speck of soot or dirt
3.	something obscene or indecent
4.	a. any of various fungal diseases of flowering plants, esp cereals, in which black sooty masses of spores cover the affected parts
	b. any parasitic basidiomycetous fungus of the order Ustilaginales that causes such a disease
5.	angling a minute midge or other insect relished by trout

—vb , smuts, smutting, smutted
6.	to mark or become marked or smudged, as with soot
7.	to affect (grain) or (of grain) to be affected with smut
8.	(tr) to remove smut from (grain)
9.	(tr) to make obscene
10.	(intr) to emit soot or smut
11.	(intr) angling (of trout) to feed voraciously on smuts

[Old English smitte; related to Middle High German smitze; associated with smudge, smutch]

'smutty

—*adj*

'smuttily

—*adv*

'smuttiness

—n

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