Definitions
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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Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Black with residue”5 letters
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