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Rutty

//ˈɹʌti// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Imprinted with ruts.

    "a rutty country road"

  2. 2
    Full of roots. obsolete

    "[…] the shoare of siluer streaming Themmes, Whose rutty Bancke, the which his Riuer hemmes, Was paynted all with variable flowers,"

  3. 3
    In a rut (dull routine). US, dated

    "Constantly vary your way of doing things; avoid humdrum, rutty, and monotonous ways."

  4. 4
    Related to a rut; being in a state of sexual arousal.

    "I am lying here stifling in the rutty goat smell"

Adjective
  1. 1
    full of ruts wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A unit of weight used for metals, precious stones and medicines, equivalent to 1+¹⁄₂ grains. India, obsolete

    "[…] they immediately desired to capitulate, and sent him, by way of ransom, a perfect diamond weighing two hundred and twenty four ruttys […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From rut + -y.

Etymology 2

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

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