Word Study
nutty
CIDE DICTIONARY
nutty, a.
- Abounding in nuts. [1913 Webster]
- Having a flavor like that of nuts; as, nutty wine. [1913 Webster]
- Crazy; insane; loony; batty; nuts. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nutty, adj. (nuttier, nuttiest)
1 a full of nuts. b tasting like nuts.
2 sl. = NUTS adj.
1 a full of nuts. b tasting like nuts.
2 sl. = NUTS adj.
Derivative
nuttiness n.
THESAURUS
nutty
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