Smut is small flakes of dirt, or lewd or obscene pictures, movies or other media.
(noun)See smut in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: < or akin to LowG smutt, akin to Ger schmutz, dirt < IE *(s)meud- < base *meu-, wet, musty > mud, moss
transitive verb smutted, smutting
Origin: later var. of ME smoten, besmirch
intransitive verb
See smut in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English smotten, smutten, to defile
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