smut
English
/smʌt/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Soot.
- (countable) A flake of ash or soot.
- (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
- (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
- (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English smutten (debase, defile).
Origin
Middle English
smutten
Gloss
debase, defile
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Trek English
- Treksmut English
- antismut English
- ball English
- besmut English
- cybersmut English
- fic English
- het English
- hetsmut English
- hound English
- monger English
- smut-ball English
- smutfest English
- smutfic English
- smuthound English
- smutless English
- smutmonger English
- smutter English
- smuttily English
- smuttiness English
- smutty English
- unsmutty English
- Schmutz German
- schmutzig German
- verschmutzen German
- smuts Swedish
- smutsgam Swedish
- smutten Middle English
- smuz Middle High German
- שמוץ Yiddish
- שמוציק Yiddish