FRUITY

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

(adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; “it used to drive my husband balmy”

fruity

(adjective) tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

fruity (comparative fruitier, superlative fruitiest)

Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.

Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit.

(informal) Mad, crazy.

(informal, derogatory, LGBT, of a male) Effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual.

(British, informal) Sexually suggestive.

Synonyms

• See also insane

Source: Wiktionary


Fruit"y, a.

Definition: Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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AIR

(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”


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Coffee Trivia

Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.

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