rutty
/ˈɹʌti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Related to a rut; being in a state of sexual arousal.
noun
A unit of weight used for metals, precious stones and medicines, equivalent to 1+¹⁄₂ grains.
Indian usage; Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "a rutty country road"
- "But I’m oblig’d each day to roam Many a furlong from my home, And cry, good luck, whene’er I pick From off the ground a single stick; Or, in some long and rutty lane, I find by chance a single grain."
- "[…] old acquaintances separated by long rutty distances, or cooled acquaintances separated by misunderstandings concerning runaway calves […]"
- "We drove way out to the desert the other side of town and turned on a rutty dirt road that made the car bounce as never before."
- "Constantly vary your way of doing things; avoid humdrum, rutty, and monotonous ways."
- "Everywhere we see men who have gone to seed early, become rutty and uninteresting, because they worked too much and played too little."
Etymology
From rut + -y.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: रत्ती