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earthy (adj.)
[earthy 词源字典]
late 14c., "containing or resembling the substance earth," from
earth
(n.) +
-y
(2). Of tastes, smells, etc., from 1550s. Figurative sense of "coarse, unrefined" is from 1590s. Related:
Earthiness
.
[earthy etymology, earthy origin, 英语词源]