fruity

[ froo-tee ]
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adjective,fruit·i·er, fruit·i·est.
  1. resembling fruit; having the taste or smell of fruit.

  2. rich in flavor; pungent.

  1. excessively sweet or mellifluous; cloying; syrupy: a specialist in fruity prose; to read poetry in a fruity voice.

  2. Slang. insane; crazy.

  3. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. of or like a gay man.

Origin of fruity

1
First recorded in 1650–60; fruit + -y1

Other words from fruity

  • fruit·i·ness, noun
  • un·fruit·y, adjective

Words Nearby fruity

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British Dictionary definitions for fruity

fruity

/ (ˈfruːtɪ) /


adjectivefruitier or fruitiest
  1. of or resembling fruit

  2. (of a voice) mellow or rich

  1. ingratiating or unctuous

  2. informal, mainly British erotically stimulating; salacious

  3. slang eccentric or insane

  4. mainly US and Canadian a slang word for homosexual

Derived forms of fruity

  • fruitiness, noun
  • fruitily, adverb

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