nutty

adj
/ˈnʌti/US

Etymology

From nut + -y.

  1. inherited from *hnuts
  2. inherited from *hnut
  3. inherited from hnutu
  4. inherited from note
  5. suffixed as nutty — “nut + -y

Definitions

  1. Containing nuts.

    • This is a nutty chocolate bar.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of nuts.

    • Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a pleasantly nutty flavor.
  3. Barmy

    Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.

    • Near-synonyms: nuts; see also Thesaurus:insane
    • That student's parents seem to be nutty as a fruitcake.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Extravagantly fashionable.

      • Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nutty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA