Rut vs Ruttishness - What's the difference?
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(zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
to be in the annual rut
to have sexual intercourse
To mount or cover during copulation.
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road
A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter)
A dull routine
To make a furrow
Feeling ruttish; sexual arousal.
Rut is a related term of ruttishness.
As nouns the difference between rut and ruttishness
is that rut is (zoology) sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals or rut can be a furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road while ruttishness is feeling ruttish; sexual arousal.As a verb rut
is to be in the annual rut or rut can be to make a furrow.rut
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Verb
- (Dryden)
Etymology 2
16th century. Probably from (etyl) route ‘road’Noun
(en noun)- Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut .
Verb
(rutt)Anagrams
* * English terms with multiple etymologies ----ruttishness
English
Noun
(-)- I looked her over without either embarrassment or ruttishness . - "The Big Sleep", by Raymond Chandler