sooty
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sooty
- /ˈsʊti/
- /ˈsʌti/ dialectal
Rhymes with -ʊti
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective sootier · sootiest
- Of, relating to, or producing soot. Fire of sooty coal.
- Soiled with soot
- Of the color of soot. The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.
- Dark-skinned; black. While thus reduced, his few surviving senses were at once called into acute activity by the appearance of a sooty little negro, who placed within his grasp a misshapen fold of dirty paper, […]
verb sooties · sootying · sootied
- To blacken or make dirty with soot. Sootied with noisome smoke.
Translations
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adj of, relating to, or producing soot
| Español | fuliginoso |
|---|---|
| Português | fuliginoso |
| Français | fuligineux |
| Italiano | fuligginoso |
adj soiled with soot
| Español | tiznado, hollinoso, holliniento |
|---|---|
| Italiano | caliginoso |
| Română | funinginos |
Talk about this word "sooty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sooty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sooty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sooty "sooty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sooty.Cite this
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