Ruttishness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Feeling ruttish; sexual arousal. uncountable

    "I looked her over without either embarrassment or ruttishness. - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler"

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"I looked her over without either embarrassment or ruttishness. - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler"

Etymology

From ruttish + -ness.

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