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rathood

rathood noun: the quality or state of being a rat.

Noun

rathood (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being a rat.
    • Suddenly there fell a great silence, a black darkness, an infinite tranquillity, and Jerome Searing, perfectly conscious of his rathood, and well assured of the trap that he was in, remembering all and nowise alarmed, again opened his eyes to reconnoitre, to note the strength of his enemy, to plan...1891, Ambrose Bierce, Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
    • If we let them deal thus with our Capo—why, then there is neither honesty, rathood nor good fellowship in us.2004, Eric Flint, Dave Freer, The Rats, the Bats and the Ugly, →ISBN

Origin of rathood

From rat + -hood.

Questions about rathood

What does rathood mean?
Rathood means the quality or state of being a rat.
What part of speech is rathood?
Rathood is a noun.

Words near rathood in the dictionary

  1. Rathods
  2. rathole
  3. ratholed
  4. ratholes
  5. ratholing
  6. rathood
  7. Rathore
  8. Rathores
  9. rathouisiid
  10. rathouisiids
  11. Rathour

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