smut n.

1660s, "black mark, stain," from verb smutten "debase, defile" (late 14c.), later specifically "stain or mark made with soot, etc." (1580s), cognate with Middle High German smotzen "make dirty," from West Germanic *smutt- (source also of Middle High German smuz "grease, dirt;" German Schmutz "dirt," schmutzen "to make dirty").

The meaning "indecent or obscene language" is attested from 1660s. As the name of a fungous disease of plants, also 1660s. The verb in the figurative sense of "tarnish, defile" is from c. 1600.

词汇	smut
词源	smut n. 1660s, "black mark, stain," from verb smutten "debase, defile" (late 14c.), later specifically "stain or mark made with soot, etc." (1580s), cognate with Middle High German smotzen "make dirty," from West Germanic smutt- (source also of Middle High German smuz "grease, dirt;" German Schmutz "dirt," schmutzen "to make dirty"). The meaning "indecent or obscene language" is attested from 1660s. As the name of a fungous disease of plants, also 1660s. The verb in the figurative sense of "tarnish, defile" is from c. 1600. Entries linking to smut* smutty adj. 1590s, of plants, grain, etc., "affected with mildew;" in general, "dirty, blackened," 1640s; from 1660s as "indecent, obscene;" from smut + -y (2). Smutchy "marked by or as if by smutch" is from 1570s. Related: Smuttily; smuttiness. Smutty-nosed in ornithology means "having black nostrils." updated on January 30, 2023
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smut n.

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