fruity

[ froo-tee ]
/ ˈfru ti /

adjective, fruit·i·er, fruit·i·est.

resembling fruit; having the taste or smell of fruit.
rich in flavor; pungent.
excessively sweet or mellifluous; cloying; syrupy: a specialist in fruity prose; to read poetry in a fruity voice.
Slang. insane; crazy.
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. of or like a male homosexual.

Origin of fruity

First recorded in 1650–60; fruit + -y1

OTHER WORDS FROM fruity

fruit·i·ness, noun un·fruit·y, adjective

Words nearby fruity

fruitive, fruitless, fruitlet, fruits ye shall know them, by their, fruitwood, fruity, frum, frumentaceous, frumentius, frumenty, frump

Example sentences from the Web for fruitiness

  • Meself, I have always preferred it with just a suggestion of fruitiness.

    Paul Kelver |Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome

  • Showers shook playfully upon us from the vines, while we revelled in fruitiness.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 |Various

  • Have I not a G of surpassing splendour, of a fruitiness rarely encountered in this vale of tears?

    First Plays |A. A. Milne

British Dictionary definitions for fruitiness

fruity
/ (ˈfruːtɪ) /

adjective fruitier or fruitiest

of or resembling fruit
(of a voice) mellow or rich
ingratiating or unctuous
informal, mainly British erotically stimulating; salacious
slang eccentric or insane
mainly US and Canadian a slang word for homosexual

Derived forms of fruity

fruitiness, noun fruitily, adverb