Definition of Fruity
1. Adjective. Tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit.
2. Adjective. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. "It used to drive my husband balmy"
Similar to: Insane
Derivative terms: Daftness, Kook, Loon
Definition of Fruity
1. a. Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful.
Definition of Fruity
1. Adjective. containing fruit or fruit flavoring ¹
2. Adjective. (informal) mad, crazy ¹
3. Adjective. (informal derogatory LGBT) effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual (of a male) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fruity
1. suggestive of fruit [adj FRUITIER, FRUITIEST] : FRUITILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruity
Literary usage of Fruity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1855)
"... ether rises to tho surface, in the form of a light liquid, having an agreeable
fruity odour, but different from that of butyric ether (Gottlieb). ..."
2. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1911)
"Bad fruity flavor. Like fruity flavor met with at factories. Worst tasting of lot.
June 30. — Very bitter taste. fruity. Fermented. ..."
3. The London Medical Recorder (1850)
"The first accounts of the use of this agent in surgery and midwifery which appeared
in all the newspapers contained a description of its fruity odour and ..."
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