rutty

rutty
Ⅰ.
rut [1] ► NOUN 1) a long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles. 2) a routine or pattern of behaviour or activity that has become dull but is hard to change.
DERIVATIVES rutted adjective rutty adjective.
ORIGIN probably from Old French rute (see ROUTE(Cf. ↑route)).
Ⅱ.
rut [2] ► NOUN ▪ an annual period of sexual activity in deer and some other mammals, during which the males fight each other for access to the females.
► VERB (rutted, rutting) ▪ engage in such activity.
DERIVATIVES ruttish adjective.
ORIGIN Old French, from Latin rugire 'to roar' .

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