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FRUITY
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Irregular inflected forms: fruitier , fruitiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Example:
it used to drive my husband balmy
Synonyms:
around the bend; balmy; barmy; bats; batty; bonkers; buggy; cracked; crackers; daft; dotty; fruity; haywire; kookie; kooky; loco; loony; loopy; nuts; nutty; round the bend; wacky; whacky
Classified under:
Similar:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit
Classified under:
Similar:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Derivation:
fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)
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