nutcase

See also: nut case

English

Alternative forms

• nut-case

Etymology

From nut +‎ case. Compare headcase, mental case etc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌtkeɪs/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

nutcase (plural nutcases)

1. (UK, Ireland, often humorous) An eccentric or odd person.
2. (slang, chiefly derogatory) Someone who is insane.

Synonyms

• (eccentric or odd person): freak, kook, nutbag, nutter, odd duck, wacko, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person
• (insane person): psycho, crackpot, loon, nut, nutbag, nutter, screwball, wacko; see also Thesaurus:mad person

Translations

an eccentric or odd person

• Dutch: oelewapper (nl) c (rare)
• Finnish: outolintu
• German: schräger Vogel m, Spinner (de) m, seltsamer Typ m
• Swedish: original (sv) c

slang: someone who is insane

• Dutch: koekert, koekwaus (nl) (all Southern Dutch)
• Finnish: hullu (fi), sekopää (fi), kaistapää (fi), seko (fi)
• German: Spinner (de) m, Irrer (de) m, Verrückter (de) m
• Macedonian: лу́дак m (lúdak)
• Ottoman Turkish: دلی (deli)
• Swedish: knasboll (sv) n, knäppgök (sv) n

Anagrams

• Ceutans, cestuan