nutty
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
nutty (comparative nuttier, superlative nuttiest)
- Containing nuts.
- This is a nutty chocolate bar.
- Resembling or characteristic of nuts.
- Barmy, crazy, mad.
- Your wife is as nutty as a fruitcake.
- (British, dated) Extravagantly fashionable
- 1932, Frank Richards, "The Complete Outsider", The Magnet
- Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.
- 1932, Frank Richards, "The Complete Outsider", The Magnet
Usage notes
In sense “insane”, similar to nuts, but more limited and somewhat milder: nutty means “eccentric, insane”, while “nuts” can mean either “insane” or “enthused, agitated” (“the crowd went nuts”), for which “nutty” is not used: *“the crowd went nutty”.
Synonyms
- nuts, squirrelly
- See also Thesaurus:insane
Related terms
Translations
containing nuts
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reminiscent of nuts
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barmy, crazy, mad
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