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Webster 1913 Edition


Smutty

Smut′ty

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Smuttier
;
sup
erl.
Smuttiest
.]
1.
Soiled with smut; smutted.
2.
Tainted with mildew;
as,
smutty
corn
.
3.
Obscene; not modest or pure;
as, a
smutty
saying
.
The
smutty
joke, ridiculously lewd.
Smollett.
Smut′ti-ly
(#)
,
adv.
Smut′ti-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Smutty

SMUT'TY

, a.
1.
Soiled from smut, coal, soot or the like.
2.
Tainted with mildew; as smutty corn.
3.
Obscene; not modest or pure; as smutty language.

Definition 2024


smutty

smutty

English

Adjective

smutty (comparative smuttier, superlative smuttiest)

  1. Soiled with smut; blackened, dirty.
    • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 62:
      She caught up the corner of her skirt and lifted the smutty coffee-pot from the stove.
  2. Obscene, indecent.
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
      And what was it only one of the smutty yankee pictures Terry borrows off of Corny Kelleher. Secrets for enlarging your private parts.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XI, p. 178,
      Prayter said with a smile to the faces looking down, "Rilly—this train's a joke, isn't it!"
      A wag yelled, "Yes—a smutty one!"
      With raucous laughter in his ears, the parson turned and looked for Lace, feeling rather lonely.
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