adj
Meaning 1
Imprinted with ruts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a rutty country road
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rutted
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rutty
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/ˈɹʌti/
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rhymes with -ʌti
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adj
Meaning 2
In a rut (dull routine).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Related to a rut; being in a state of sexual arousal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ruttish, lustful
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Full of roots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rooty
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A unit of weight used for metals, precious stones and medicines, equivalent to 1+1⁄2 grains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, obsolete
Examples
- 1858, Henry Yule, Narrative of the Mission ... to the Court of Ava, London: Smith, Elder, Appendix, “Note on Metals, Minerals, &c., of Burma,” p. 348, [Sapphires] of ten to fifteen rutties without a flaw are common, whereas a perfect ruby of that size is hardly ever seen.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
full of ruts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- rutty farm roads
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rutted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From rut + -y.
From Hindi रत्ती (rattī), literally “the seed of the plant Abrus precatorius.”