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fruity

American  
[froo-tee] / ˈfru ti /

adjective

fruitier, fruitiest

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

fruity British  
/ ˈfruːtɪ /

adjective

  1. of or resembling fruit

  2. (of a voice) mellow or rich

  3. ingratiating or unctuous

  4. informal erotically stimulating; salacious

  5. slang eccentric or insane

  6. a slang word for homosexual

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Other Word Forms

  • fruitily adverb
  • fruitiness noun
  • unfruity adjective

Etymology

Origin of fruity

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

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