ˈruttish, a. rare.
[f. rut v.3 + -ish.]
Lewd, lustful, lascivious; of or pertaining to sexual excitement.
| 1601 Shakes. All's Well iv. iii. 243 A foolish idle boy: but for all that very ruttish. 1602 Middleton Phœnix i. ii, He was too ruttish himself to let me thrive under him. 1938 R. Graves Coll. Poems 158 A score of bats bewitched By the ruttish odour Swoop singing at his head. 1977 Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 15/5 He returns to ogling the field with his ruttish chum. |
Hence ˈruttishness. rare—0. (Webster, 1847.)