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fruity

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fruit⋅y

  [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.
3. excessively sweet or mellifluous; cloying; syrupy: a specialist in fruity prose; to read poetry in a fruity voice.
4. Slang. insane; crazy.
5. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. homosexual.
Origin:
1650–60; fruit + -y 1

Related forms:
fruit⋅i⋅ness, noun
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fruit·y   (frōō'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 Homosexual.

fruit'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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fruity

  1. mod.
    silly-acting. : Why are you acting so fruity? Not get enough sleep?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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