smutty

American  

[smuht-ee] / ˈsmʌt i /

adjective

smuttier, smuttiest

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.

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Other Word Forms

• smuttily
  adverb
• smuttiness
  noun
• unsmutty
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of smutty

First recorded in 1590–1600; smut + -y ¹

Example Sentences

On Monday, Smutty told Mr. Vidal not to hand the bass over to anybody but Mr. Ryan.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

“Whenever we played here, Smutty always had to scramble to find a bass to use,” said Mr. Ryan, who lives in Hoboken, N.J.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

Smutty plans to visit the pawnshop when he’s in town and shake hands with Mr. Vidal, whom he called regularly over the last several weeks as the drama unfolded.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

The cover was $5 and enough fans and friends came out that the Rockats were able to buy new instruments, including a pink wooden bass for Smutty.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2021

There is considerable land that would serve tolerably for pasture on Smutty Nose, and here and there a little enclosure of richer grass, built round with a strong stonewall.

From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. by Hawthorne, Nathaniel