fruity

English

Etymology

fruit +‎ -y

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -uːti

Adjective

fruity (comparative fruitier, superlative fruitiest)

Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.
That moist and fruity dish is simply delectable.
Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit.
(informal) Mad, crazy.
(informal, derogatory, LGBT, of a male) Effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual.
(Britain, informal) Sexually suggestive.
His text message was filled with fruity language.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:insane

Derived terms

fruitiness

Translations

containing fruit or fruit flavouring

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hedelmäinen (fi)
German: fruchtig (de)
Hungarian: gyümölcsös (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: fruktig

Nynorsk: fruktig
Spanish: afrutado (es)

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