Cultus \Cul"tus\, a. [See Cultus cod.] Bad, worth less; no good. [Northwestern U. S.]
``A bad horse, cultus [no good] !'' he said, beating it with his whip. --F. H. Balch.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cultus \Cul"tus\ (k?l"t?s), n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. Cultuses (-?z). [L., cultivation, culture. See Cult.] Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.