EARTH'Y, adjective Consisting of earth; as earthy matter. 1. Resembling earth; as an earthy taste or smell. 2. Partaking of earth; terrene. 3. Inhabiting the earth; terrestrial; as earthy spirits. 4. Relating to earth; as an earthy sign. 5. Gross; not refined; as an earthy conceit. 6. earthy fracture, in mineralogy, is when the fracture of a mineral is rough, with minute elevations and depressions.
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