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“smutty” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

smutty
fumosus (sooty, soiled with smut): fumidus (of the color of smoke or smut; also, smelling of it): rubiginosus: aeruginosus (covered with rust, rusty): colore nigro (of a black color): cineraceus (of the color of cinders): pullus (of a dirty black, either by nature or from soil): sordidus (black in general).
Obscene, obscenus. Smutty language, obscenum verbum: to make use of it, obscena dicere.

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What is the Latin word for smutty?
The usual Latin words for “smutty” are fūmōsus, fūmidus, rōbīginōsus; also aerūginōsus, cinerāceus, pullus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.