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   Fruit·y

   /ˈfro͞odē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of food or drink) resembling or containing fruit: "fruity cocktails" Similar tasting of fruitcontaining fruit
   • 2. (of a voice or sound) mellow, deep, and rich: "Jeff had a wonderfully fruity voice" Similar resonantdeeprichfullfull-tonedfull-bodiedmellowsmoothclearstrongvibrantloudboomingOpposite thin
   • ▪ sexually suggestive in content or style: informal British "that is another, more fruity story" Similar smuttybawdynaughtyspicyearthybroadwickedracyrisquéjuicyribaldRabelaisianrawindecentimproperdirtyrudeindelicatevulgarcoarselewdsordidoff colorfilthyprofaneobscenescatologicaloffensivesexysuggestivetitillatingsalaciousprurientgamyeuphemistic:adultinformal:bluenear the knucklenudge-nudgeraunchylocker-roomsaucyOpposite clean
   • 3. eccentric or crazy: informal US "a kind of fruity professor"
   • 4. relating to or associated with gay people. informal, derogatory North American

   Derivatives

   • 1. fruitily adverb
   • 2. fruitiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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