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Ruttier vs Rattier - What's the difference?

ruttier | rattier |

As a noun ruttier

is (obsolete) a chart of a course, especially at sea.

As an adjective rattier is

(ratty).

ruttier

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A chart of a course, especially at sea.
    • (Webster 1913)

    rattier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (ratty)

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    ratty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Similar to a rat; ratlike.
  • Infested with rats.
  • (colloquial) In poor condition or repair; worn out; battered; tattered; torn.
  • * 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p. 535:
    • The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.
  • * 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 80:
    • I was having exactly that thought on a ratty mock-leather couch in Islington.
  • (UK, colloquial) Irritable, annoyed.

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