Why this word is great
EARTHINESS — [Noun] The quality of being unpretentiously natural, robust, and often coarsely simple or sensual. From Middle English *erthinesse*, *erthynesse*, from *erthy* ("earthy") + *-nesse* (suffix forming abstract nouns), with *erthy* deriving from Old English *eorþiġ* ("of the earth"), from *eorþe* ("earth, soil"). Unlike "refinement" (which implies a cultivated removal from the base) or "ethereality" (which suggests a delicate, celestial remove), earthiness is a stubborn allegiance to the tactile and the real. It is the fungal scent of a forest floor after rain, the honest grit of raw beetroot, and the unvarnished, chesty laugh that cuts through polite conversation—a quiet testament that we are, before anything else, creatures of clay who will return to humus.