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ruttishness

ruttishness noun: feeling ruttish; sexual arousal.

Noun

ruttishness (uncountable)

  1. Feeling ruttish; sexual arousal.
    • I looked her over without either embarrassment or ruttishness1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, →ISBN, page 36

Origin of ruttishness

From ruttish + -ness.

Questions about ruttishness

What does ruttishness mean?
Ruttishness means feeling ruttish; sexual arousal.
What part of speech is ruttishness?
Ruttishness is a noun.

Words near ruttishness in the dictionary

  1. rutting time
  2. rutting times
  3. ruttings
  4. ruttish
  5. ruttishly
  6. ruttishness
  7. ruttle
  8. ruttled
  9. ruttles
  10. ruttling
  11. Ruttonjee

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