Ruthian
/ruːθɪən/Chiefly Baseball
adjective
Characteristic or reminiscent of ‘Babe’ Ruth, typically with reference to his reputation for hitting exceptionally long home runs.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The New York Tribune. From the name of George Herman ‘Babe’ Ruth, U.S. baseball player + -ian.
- intoximeter
- intr.
- intra-
- intracellular
- intracellularly
- intracellular pangenesis
- intracranial
- intracranially
- intractability
- intractable
- intractableness
- intractably
- intraday
- intradermal
- intradermally
- intrados
- in train
- intramolecular
- intramolecularly
- intramural
- intramurally
- intramuscular
- intramuscularly
- intranet
- intranidal