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fruit·y

(fro͞o′tē)

adj. fruit·i·er, fruit·i·est

1. Of, containing, or relating to fruit.

2. Tasting or smelling richly of or as if of fruit: "My nose filled with the smells of leather, polish, wax—the fat, fruity smell of rich car" (Anthony Hyde).

3. Excessively sentimental or sweet.

4. Slang Crazy; eccentric.

5. Offensive Slang Gay or effeminate.

fruit′i·ness n.

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fruity

(ˈfruːtɪ)

adj, fruitier or fruitiest

1. of or resembling fruit

2. (of a voice) mellow or rich

3. ingratiating or unctuous

4. informal chiefly Brit erotically stimulating; salacious

5. slang eccentric or insane

6. (Biology) chiefly US and Canadian a slang word for homosexual

7. (Psychology) chiefly US and Canadian a slang word for homosexual

ˈfruitiness n

ˈfruitily adv

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fruit•y

(ˈfru ti)

adj. fruit•i•er, fruit•i•est.

1. resembling fruit; having the taste or smell of fruit.

2. rich in flavor; pungent.

3. (of wine) having a grapelike taste.

4. excessively sweet or mellifluous; cloying; syrupy: fruity prose; a fruity voice.

5. Slang. insane; crazy.

6. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. homosexual.

[1650–60]

fruit′i•ness, n.

usage: Definition 5 is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as insulting.

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Adj.	1.	fruity - tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
	2.	fruity - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, around the bend, balmy, nuts, round the bend, wacky, whacky, nutty, barmy, loopy, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

fruity

adjective

1. rich, full, mellow a lovely, fruity wine

2. resonant, full, deep, rich, vibrant, mellow He had a solid, fruity laugh.

3. (Informal, chiefly Brit.) risqué, indecent, suggestive, racy, blue, hot, sexy, ripe, spicy (informal), vulgar, juicy, titillating, bawdy, salacious, smutty, indelicate, near the knuckle (informal) She clearly enjoyed the fruity joke.

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fruity

adjective

Slang. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness:

brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, off, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong.

Informal: bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony.

Slang: bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky.

Chiefly British: crackers.

Law: non compos mentis.

Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad.

Translations

ثَمَري المَذاق، فاكِهي

ovocný

frugt-frugtagtig

fruchtig

fruité

gyümölcs ízû

meî ávaxtabragîi

che sa di frutta fruttato pastoso

fruktig med druesmak

ovocný

meyvalı

果味的

fruity

[ˈfruːtɪ] ADJ (fruitier (compar) (fruitiest (superl)))

1. [taste] → a fruta; [wine] → afrutado

2. [voice] → pastoso

3. (Brit) (= lewd) [joke] → verde; [style] → picante

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fruity

[ˈfruːti] adj

[wine] → fruité(e)

[voice, laugh] → bien timbré(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fruity

adj (+er)

taste, wine, oil, smell → fruchtig

(= deep) voice → volltönend

(inf: = lewd) remark, joke → anzüglich

(inf, = crazy) → bekloppt (inf); she’s fruity → sie spinnt (inf)

(dated US pej sl: = homosexual) → schwul (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fruity

[ˈfruːtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (taste) → che sa di frutta; (wine) → fruttato/a; (voice) → pastoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fruit

(fruːt) noun

1. the part of a plant that produces the seed, especially when eaten as food. The fruit of the vine is the grape.

2. a result; something gained as a result of hard work etc. the fruit of his hard work.

verb

to produce fruit. This tree fruits early.

ˈfruitful adjective

producing (good) results. a fruitful meeting.

fruition (fruˈiʃən) noun

an actual result; the happening of something that was thought of, hoped for etc. Her dreams came to fruition.

ˈfruitless adjective

useless; with no results. a fruitless attempt.

ˈfruitlessly adverb

ˈfruity adjective

of or like fruit. a fruity taste; a fruity drink.

fruit is a collective noun taking a singular verb: Fruit is good for you ; The tree bears fruit (not fruits ).
The plural fruits is used in talking about different types of fruit: oranges, mangoes and other fruits .

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