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fruity

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfɹuːti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːti
  • CMU ARPABET: F R UW1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • That moist and fruity dish is simply delectable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Crazy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, buggish, buggy, bughouse, barmy, batchy, batpoop, bats, batty, bonkers, bread baskets, cracked, crackers, cra-cra, cray, cray-cray, crazed, crazy, crazy as a bedbug, crazy as a cootie, crazy as a cootie bug, crazy as a pet coon, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, deranged, distraught, disturbed, doolally, dotty, eccentric, fruit loops, gaga, hatstand, harebrained, insane, kooky, loon, loco, loony, loony tunes, loopy, lunatic, mad, mental, mentally ill, meshigener, meshugge, moonsick, nerts, non compos mentis, nonsane, nucking futs, nut job, nutballs, nut, nuts, nutso, nutty, nutter, off the beam, off the chain, over the edge, potty, psycho, psychoceramic, psychotic, sicko, screwy, squirrelly, starkers, tonto, unbalanced, unsane, wackadoodle, weird, whackjob, whacko, whacky, wode, yampy, zany, apeshit, batcrap, batshit, bat-shit, fucked in the head, fucked up, ripshit

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Homosexual; zesty, flamboyant, effeminate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, derogatory, informal, sometimes

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Sexually suggestive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, informal

Examples

  • His text message was filled with fruity language.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: racy, risqué

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Alternative form of fruitie (“fruit machine”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it used to drive my husband balmy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhruHg- Proto-Italic *frūgjōr Latin fruor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit English -y English fruity From fruit + -y.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մրգային (mrgayin) — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Bulgarian: плодов (plodov) — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Catalan: afruitat — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Chinese Mandarin: 果味的 (guǒwèi de) — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Danish: frugtagtig — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Danish: med frugtsmag — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Finnish: hedelmäinen — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • French: fruité — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • German: fruchtig — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Greek: φρουτώδης (froutódis) — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Hungarian: gyümölcsös — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Italian: fruttato — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Latin: frūctuōsus — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fruktig — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fruktig — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Polish: owocowy — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Spanish: afrutado — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
  • Turkish: meyveli — containing fruit or fruit flavouring
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