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rutty¹

  • /ˈɹʌti/

Rhymes with -ʌti

adjective ruttier · ruttiest

  1. Imprinted with ruts. a rutty country road

    Similar: rutted

  2. US, dated In a rut (dull routine). Constantly vary your way of doing things; avoid humdrum, rutty, and monotonous ways.
  3. Related to a rut; being in a state of sexual arousal. I am lying here stifling in the rutty goat smell

    Similar: ruttish, lustful

rutty²

  • /ˈɹʌti/

Rhymes with -ʌti

adjective ruttier · ruttiest

  1. obsolete Full of roots. […] the shoare of siluer streaming Themmes, Whose rutty Bancke, the which his Riuer hemmes, Was paynted all with variable flowers,

    Similar: rooty

rutty³

  • /ˈɹʌti/

Rhymes with -ʌti

Where it comes from

From Hindi रत्ती (rattī), literally “the seed of the plant Abrus precatorius.”

noun rutties · ruttys · ruttees

  1. India, obsolete A unit of weight used for metals, precious stones and medicines, equivalent to 1+¹⁄₂ grains. […] they immediately desired to capitulate, and sent him, by way of ransom, a perfect diamond weighing two hundred and twenty four ruttys […]

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@misc{rutty_2026,
  title = {rutty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rutty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}