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ratness

ratness noun: the quality of being a rat; rattiness.

Noun

ratness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a rat; rattiness.
    • Cat is hunger. Cat is cruel. Food — Cat is hunter, a machine who smells ratness, who needs fuel.2002, Laura Whipple, If the Shoe Fits: Voices From Cinderella, →ISBN, page 26
    • All in all, an exemplar of Park ratness, their Bernie.2007, Dana Stabenow, A Deeper Sleep, →ISBN, page 153

Examples of ratness in a sentence

  • And then you add to it the judgment that the victims are some form of deserving species of ratness, further reducing the numbers.2008, Joseph A. McCaffrey, The Marksman's Case, →ISBN, page 88:
  • But they are much better at ratness or guineapigness or monkey business than we are because of other things we have that thicken the plot: like capacities for wonder and conscience and compassion.2011, Mary Caroline Richards, The Crossing Point: Selected Talks and Writings, →ISBN, page 150:

Origin of ratness

From rat + -ness.

Questions about ratness

What does ratness mean?
Ratness means the quality of being a rat; rattiness.
How do you use ratness in a sentence?
And then you add to it the judgment that the victims are some form of deserving species of ratness, further reducing the numbers.
What part of speech is ratness?
Ratness is a noun.

Words near ratness in the dictionary

  1. Ratne
  2. Ratner
  3. Ratner moment
  4. Ratner moments
  5. Ratners
  6. ratness
  7. rato
  8. RATOG
  9. Raton
  10. Raton Pass
  11. ratoon

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