"nutter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nʌtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nutter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: nutters [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English nutter, notere, equivalent to nut + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nutter}} Middle English nutter, {{m|enm|notere}} notere, {{suf|en|nut|er|id2=agent noun}} nut + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} nutter (plural nutters)
  1. A person who gathers nuts. Categories (topical): People Synonyms (eccentric person): kook Synonyms (insane person): loony
    Sense id: en-nutter-en-noun-5RtDWzYQ Disambiguation of People: 78 21 1 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 25 36 39 Disambiguation of 'eccentric person': 58 42 Disambiguation of 'insane person': 60 40
  2. (UK, Ireland, sometimes derogatory, informal) An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person. Tags: Ireland, UK, derogatory, informal, sometimes Translations (an eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person): kaheli (Finnish), kahjo (Finnish), лу́дак (lúdak) [masculine] (Macedonian), porowairangi (Maori)
    Sense id: en-nutter-en-noun-GUGzmdv- Categories (other): British English, Irish English, English blends, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English blends: 25 36 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 27 73 Disambiguation of 'an eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nut, nutcase, mad person, odd duck, wacko, strange person Derived forms: pit nutter Related terms: nut, nutbag, nutty
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /nʌtə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nutter.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ) Etymology: Blend of nut + butter Etymology templates: {{blend|en|nut|butter}} Blend of nut + butter Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} nutter (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) nut butter Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-nutter-en-noun-W1l6HqNG Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 25 36 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 39 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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