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Ruthian

Ruthian adjective: prodigiously accomplished with respect to batting, typically describing the flight of a long home run.

Adjective

Ruthian (comparative more Ruthian, superlative most Ruthian)

  1. Prodigiously accomplished with respect to batting, typically describing the flight of a long home run.
    • Jones launches a Ruthian blast; it lands high in the upper deck.

Forms of Ruthian

comparativemore Ruthian
superlativemost Ruthian

Origin of Ruthian

From "Babe" Ruth, holder of the record for number of home runs in a season from 1919 to 1961, and for home runs in a career from 1921 to 1974.

Questions about Ruthian

What does Ruthian mean?
Ruthian means prodigiously accomplished with respect to batting, typically describing the flight of a long home run.
What part of speech is Ruthian?
Ruthian is an adjective.

Words near Ruthian in the dictionary

  1. Ruthers
  2. ruthes
  3. ruthful
  4. ruthfully
  5. ruthfulness
  6. Ruthian
  7. Ruthie
  8. Ruthin
  9. ruthless
  10. ruthlessly
  11. ruthlessness

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