nutty
adjUS, UK /ˈnʌti/
Etymology From nut + -y.
1
Containing nuts.
- This is a nutty chocolate bar.
2
Resembling or characteristic of nuts.
- Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a pleasantly nutty flavor.1997, Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook, Rodale, →ISBN, page 210:
- David Mason, Beverage and Bar Manager at St. Regis, describes the complex aromas and layered palate of the cognac thus: “It’s kind of autumn flavors. Really nutty, almondy – kind of fig, plum, dried fruits. But it finishes off really smoothly but with a little bit of tobacco leaf.”2016 December 16, Peter Shadbolt, “What does a $22,000 cognac actually taste like?”, in CNN:
3
Slang Barmy: eccentric, odd; crazy, mad, insane.
- Near-synonyms: nuts; see also Thesaurus:insane
- That student's parents seem to be nutty as a fruitcake.
- Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.1932, Frank Richards, “The Complete Outsider”, in The Magnet:
- Derived terms
- nuttily, nuttiness, nutty as a fruitcake, nutty Irishman, nutty slack
- Related terms
- coconutty, coco-nutty, nutter