sooty

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Of, relating to, or producing soot.
2. Soiled with soot
3. Of the color of soot.
4. (literary, obsolete) Dark-skinned; black.

Verb

To blacken or make dirty with soot.

Sinonieme

smoky

pitchy

grimy

smutty

jet

jet-black

coal-black

dirty

smudgy

stained

soot-black

begrimed

soot-smeared

black

blacken

blackish

dingy

dusky

lampblack

murky

Vertalings

fuligginoso

fuliginoso

isli

مهبب

rußen

rußend

rußig

καπνισμένος

καπνιστός

αιθαλώδης

fuligineux

jais

couvert de suie

noircir de suie

russig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsʊti/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sooty

In summary

From Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar Middle English suti (“dirty, filthy”), derived from the same root as Old English besūtian (“to befoul”).