tutti-frutti

[ too-tee-froo-tee ]

/ ˈtu tiˈfru ti /

a preserve of chopped mixed fruits, often with brandy syrup.

a confection, especially ice cream, flavored with a variety of fruits, usually candied and minced.

a synthetic flavoring combining the flavors of a variety of fruits: tutti-frutti chewing gum.

Origin of tutti-frutti

1875–80, Americanism; < Italian: literally, all the fruits

tutorial system, tutoyer, tutsan, tutsi, tutti, tutti-frutti, tutto, tutty, tutu, tutuila, tutuola

I hated it, but nobly sacrificed myself and gave her tutti-frutti and gained character every evening of our honeymoon!

Why Marry? |Jesse Lynch Williams
I did the rest—with the aid of a clergyman, whom I tipped even more liberally than the waiter who served us tutti-frutti.

Why Marry? |Jesse Lynch Williams
Serve with the Tutti-Frutti a sauce of whipped cream flavored with kirsch, maraschino, or sherry.

The Century Cook Book |Mary Ronald
All the candies, stick, drop and fancy; tutti-frutti and pepsin chewing-gum, chocolate creams and marshmallow goods.

The Wooing of Calvin Parks |Laura E. Richards

We have nothing in common but a love of divorce and a mutual abhorrence of tutti-frutti.

Why Marry? |Jesse Lynch Williams

tutti-frutti

/ (ˈtuːtɪˈfruːtɪ) /

plural -fruttis an ice cream or a confection containing small pieces of candied or fresh fruits

a preserve of chopped mixed fruits, often with brandy syrup

a flavour like that of many fruits combined

having such a flavour

from Italian, literally: all the fruits