Transcription
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- [smuht]
- /smʌt/
- /smʌt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [smuht]
- /smʌt/
Definitions of smut word
- noun smut a particle of soot; sooty matter. 1
- noun smut a black or dirty mark; smudge. 1
- noun smut indecent language or publications; obscenity. 1
- noun smut Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, especially cereal grasses, characterized by the conversion of affected parts into black, powdery masses of spores, caused by fungi of the order Ustilaginales. a fungus causing this disease. 1
- verb with object smut to soil or smudge. 1
- verb without object smut to become affected with smut, as a plant. 1
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Origin of smut
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; akin to earlier smit (Old English smitte), by association with smudge, smutch
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Smut
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
smut popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
smut usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for smut
noun smut
- anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
- bawdry — obscene talk or language
- blueness — the quality or state of being blue.
- boorishness — of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
- callousness — made hard; hardened.
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