"nutty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnʌti/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nutty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: nuttier [comparative], nuttiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌti Etymology: From nut + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nut|y|id2=adjectival}} nut + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} nutty (comparative nuttier, superlative nuttiest)
  1. Containing nuts. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (containing nuts): ořechový (Czech), pähkinä- (Finnish), pähkinäinen (Finnish), plein de noix (French), nussreich (German), orzechowy [masculine] (Polish), содержа́щий оре́хи (soderžáščij oréxi) (Russian), име́ющий вкус оре́ха (iméjuščij vkus oréxa) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nutty-en-adj-TeI8OTjw Disambiguation of Personality: 13 10 37 40 Disambiguation of 'containing nuts': 56 15 28 1
  2. Resembling or characteristic of nuts. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-nutty-en-adj-cyuhqfNu Disambiguation of Personality: 13 10 37 40
  3. (slang) Barmy, crazy, mad. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: nuts, squirrelly, insane Translations (barmy, crazy, mad): frenezeta (Esperanto), kaheli (Finnish), pöpi (Finnish), cinglé (French), fou (French), dingue (French), verrückt (German), bekloppt (German), pomylony [masculine] (Polish), zwariowany [masculine] (Polish), поме́шанный (poméšannyj) (Russian), свихну́вшийся (svixnúvšijsja) (Russian), knasig (Swedish) Translations (reminiscent of nuts): pähkinäinen (Finnish), nussig (German), nötaktig (Swedish), nötig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nutty-en-adj-k57CFB0g Disambiguation of Personality: 13 10 37 40 Disambiguation of 'barmy, crazy, mad': 2 2 93 3 Disambiguation of 'reminiscent of nuts': 30 28 40 2
  4. (British, dated) Extravagantly fashionable Tags: British, dated Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-nutty-en-adj-pLuLrkWp Disambiguation of Personality: 13 10 37 40 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 8 15 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 14 11 23 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nuttily, nuttiness, nutty as a fruit cake, nutty Irishman, nutty slack Related terms: nutter

Inflected forms

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