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nutty [ˈnʌtɪ] adj -tier, -tiest
1. containing or abounding in nuts 2. resembling nuts, esp in taste 3. a slang word for insane 4. (foll by over or about) Informal extremely fond (of) or enthusiastic (about) nuttily adv nuttiness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
nutty adjective (Informal) mad, crazy (informal), bananas (slang), barking (slang), mental (slang), crackers (Brit. slang), batty (slang), insane, crazed, loony (slang), demented, cuckoo (informal), unbalanced, barmy (slang), deranged, bonkers (slang, chiefly Brit.), flaky (U.S. slang), unhinged, loopy (informal), crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), round the bend (Brit. slang), barking mad (slang), out of your mind, gonzo (slang), screwy (informal), doolally (slang), off your head (slang), off your trolley (slang), round the twist (Brit. slang), up the pole (informal), of unsound mind, as daft as a brush (informal, chiefly Brit.), not right in the head, non compos mentis (Latin), off your rocker (slang), not the full shilling (informal), off your nut (slang), off your chump (slang), wacko or whacko (informal), a sausage short of a fry-up (slang) That's a nutty idea. People used to think I was nutty because I talked to my plants. Translations nutty [ˈnʌtɪ] ADJ (nuttier (compar) (nuttiest (superl))) nutty [ˈnʌtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) a. (flavour, taste) → di noce (or nocciola or mandorla ); (cake) → di frutta secca; (chocolate) → alla nocciola b. (fam) → pazzo/a, matto/a nutty [ˈnʌtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) a. (flavour, taste) → di noce (or nocciola or mandorla ); (cake) → di frutta secca; (chocolate) → alla nocciola b. (fam) → pazzo/a, matto/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At that time he was spending the remains of the money left him by his aunt, and Elizabeth had hardly settled down at Brookport and got her venture under way when she found herself obliged to provide for Nutty a combination of home and sanatorium. In the early years of this century, such a linen-weaver, named Silas Marner, worked at his vocation in a stone cottage that stood among the nutty hedgerows near the village of Raveloe, and not far from the edge of a deserted stone-pit. An hour later the lamps blazed in Kadlu's house; snow-water was heating; the pots were beginning to simmer, and the snow was dripping from the roof, as Amoraq made ready a meal for all the village, and the boy-baby in the hood chewed at a strip of rich nutty blubber, and the hunters slowly and methodically filled themselves to the very brim with seal-meat. |
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