sooty

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

negre carbó

Sinònims

smoky

pitchy

grimy

smutty

jet

jet-black

coal-black

dirty

smudgy

stained

soot-black

begrimed

soot-smeared

black

blacken

blackish

dingy

dusky

lampblack

murky

Traduccions

fuligginoso

isli

fuliginoso

rußig

rußen

rußend

russig

καπνισμένος

καπνιστός

αιθαλώδης

fuligineux

jais

couvert de suie

noircir de suie

caliginoso

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsʊti/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: 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”).