lutulent means pertaining to mud, muddy. It carries an Arena rating of 1347, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, lutulent ranks #2,906 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #5,166 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #5,709 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #5,953 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
lutulent is pronounced /ˈlʌtjʊlənt/.
Why “lutulent” is a great word
Full of, covered by, or pertaining to mud. From the Latin lutulentus ('dirty, impure'), from lutum ('mud, dirt'). Unlike 'turbid,' which describes the stirred-up cloudiness of a liquid, or 'alluvial,' which concerns the geological origin of waterborne deposits, lutulent speaks to the fundamental, dirty quality of mud itself. It is the thick, claggy grab of a boot in a rain-soaked field; the cold ooze between bare toes after rain; the ochre bloom spreading through a flooded river—matter that clings and returns us to the original indignity of being creatures who must walk through the world rather than above it.
Etymology
From Latin lutulentus (“dirty, impure”), from lutum (“mud, dirt”).
adj
- Pertaining to mud, muddy.e.g.“For who is there who anything of some significance has apprehended but is conscious that that exterior splendour may be the surface of a downwardtending lutulent reality” — 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
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