ruttish

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Their invariably male narrators are often brazenly predatory, even ruttish — a startling disjunction coming from the pen of a man who published three anthologies of women-only fiction and co-edited a pro-reproductive freedom anthology.

From Washington Post

As with electronic dance music and drugs, Ibiza continues to trade on her ruttish behavior.

From New York Times

The company attack the work with fierce commitment and there are particularly strong performances from Paul Lewis and Jane Haworth's ruttish Capulet parents.

From The Guardian

Bishop Cautin resembles a large, fat, ruttish fox—lascivious and sly eyes, red ears, a mobile and pointed nose, hirsute hands.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: fulcrum, purchase, prize, prizing. leverage, n. purchase. levity, n. lightness, buoyancy; gayety, frivolity. lewd, a. unchaste, lustful, licentious, libidinous, lecherous, incontinent, ribald, lascivious, rakish, ruttish, salacious, concupiscent, wanton, lubricous, prurient, pornographic.

From Project Gutenberg