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smuttiness|ˈsmʌtɪnɪs|
Also 7 smootiness.
[f. smutty a.]
1. A smutty condition of grain.
a1659Speed Adam out of Eden xiv. 106 It..doth..totally prevent the Smuttiness of Wheat. 1660Sharrock Veget. 102 The change of seed from grounds of a contrary nature..is thought to prevent smootiness. 1733Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. xii. (Dubl.) 143 Smuttiness is when the Grains of Wheat instead of Flour are full of a black stinking Powder. 1764Museum Rust. II. lxviii. 223 Good wheat is so often spoiled by smuttiness and sprouting.
2. Indecency, obscenity of language.
1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii, Smuttiness, impureté, impudicité. 1698J. Collier Immor. Stage i. (1730) 4 Smuttiness is a Fault in Behaviour as well as in Religion. 1721Amherst Terræ Fil. No. 26. 135 They begin with satire and funeral lamentation; but end with love, smuttiness, and a song. 1973Times 16 Nov. 5/5 Viewers are also asked..whether..smuttiness in comedy programmes..is found offensive.
3. Sootiness, griminess.
1881Globe 30 June 2/1 The..kettle cannot..taunt the veriest heathen pot with smuttiness. |