nutty (redirected from nutty as a fruitcake)

nut·ty  (nt)

adj. nut·ti·er, nut·ti·est

1. Containing or producing nuts: nutty trees.

2. Having a flavor like that of nuts: The wild turkey often has a nutty taste when cooked.

3. Slang Crazy; idiotic: a nutty idea.

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nutti·ly adv.

nutti·ness n.

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nutty

Adjective

[-tier, -tiest]

1. containing or resembling nuts

2. Slang insane or eccentric

nuttiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	nutty - having the flavor of nuts; "a nutty sherry" nutlike tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
	2.	nutty - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, nuts, round the bend, around the bend, balmy, barmy, wacky, whacky, loopy, fruity, cracked insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"

Translations

nutty [ˈnʌtɪ] adj [flavour] → a frutos secos;

(col) (= foolish); chalado

nutty [ˈnʌtɪ] adj [flavour] → à la noisette;

(inf) [person] → cinglé(e) → dingue

nutty [ˈnʌtɪ] adj [flavour] → Nuss-;

(inf) [idea etc] → bekloppt

nutty [ˈnʌtɪ] adj → di noce (or nocciola or mandorla etc);

(BRIT ) (col) → tocco/a, matto/a