n.
- a small flake of soot or dirt.
- a fungal disease of cereals in which parts of the ear change to black powder.
- indecent or obscene talk, writing, or pictures.
v.
(smuts, smutting, smutted)
- mark with smuts.
- infect with smut.
Derivative
- smuttily adv.
- smuttiness n.
- smutty adj.
(smuttier, smuttiest)
.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘defile, make obscene’).