sooty

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

fuligineux

jais

couvert de suie

noircir de suie

Synonymes

smoky

pitchy

grimy

smutty

jet

jet-black

coal-black

dirty

smudgy

stained

soot-black

begrimed

soot-smeared

black

blacken

blackish

dingy

dusky

lampblack

murky

Traductions

fuligginoso

fuliginoso

isli

negre carbó

rußig

rußen

rußend

russig

καπνισμένος

καπνιστός

αιθαλώδης

caliginoso

مسخّم

fūlīginōsus

cācabātus

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsʊti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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”).