fruity (redirected from fruitiness)

fruit·y  (frt)

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, waxthe fat, fruity smell of rich car" (Anthony Hyde).

3. Excessively sentimental or sweet.

4. Slang Crazy; eccentric.

5. Offensive Slang Homosexual.

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fruiti·ness n.

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fruity [ˈfruːtɪ]

adj fruitier, 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (Psychology) Chiefly US and Canadian a slang word for homosexual

fruitiness  n

fruitily  adv

Thesaurus

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, loony, 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"

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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.

Translations

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

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

2. [voice] → pastoso

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

fruity [ˈfruːti] adj

[wine] → fruité(e)

[voice, laugh] → bien timbré(e)

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)

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

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