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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