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Word entry · 5 letters

sooty

Best crossword clue

"Black with residue"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʊti/Part of speech adjectiveSorted oostyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2O3O4T5Y

Definitions

  1. Blackened or dark with soot.

Word origin

From Middle English sooty, soty, equivalent to soot + -y. Probably influenced by similar Middle English suti (“dirty, filthy”), derived from the same root as Old English besūtian (“to befoul”).

Used in a sentence

  • Fire of sooty coal.
  • The white faience façade, the glazed Doultonware Carrera marble, was made locally. And being glazed, it was impervious to London's sooty atmosphere, enabling easier cleaning.
  • The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.
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