English

Adjective

nutty ‎(comparative nuttier, superlative nuttiest)

1. Containing nuts.

   This is a nutty chocolate bar.‎

2. Reminiscent of nuts.
   • 1997, Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook, Rodale, ISBN 0875964699, p. 210:

     Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a a pleasantly nutty flavor.

3. Barmy, crazy, mad.

   Your wife is as nutty as a fruitcake.‎

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 Wikisaurus:insane

Related terms

• nutter
• nutty as a fruitcake

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