fruity

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

Adjective

[fruitier, fruitiest]

1. of or like fruit

2. (of a voice) mellow or rich

3. Informal, chiefly Brit referring humorously to things relating to sex

fruitiness n

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

adjective 2. resonant, full, deep, rich, vibrant, mellow

adjective 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)

Translations

fruity [ˈfruːtɪ] fruit adj (taste, smell etc) → Frucht-, Obst-;

(wine) → fruchtig;

(voice, laugh) → volltönend