1. Tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit
   "The wine had a fruity bouquet with notes of berries and citrus"
    
2. [slang] Insane, strange, eccentric or stupid
   "our fruity old teacher";
   - balmy [archaic, slang], barmy [slang], bats [slang], batty [slang], bonkers [slang], buggy [N. Amer, slang], cracked [slang], crackers [slang], daft [Brit, slang], dotty [Brit, slang], haywire [slang], kooky [slang], kookie [slang], loco [slang], loony [slang], loopy [slang], nuts [slang], nutty [slang], round the bend [slang], around the bend [slang], wacky [slang], whacky [slang], daffy [slang], dippy [slang], doolally [Brit, slang], wacko [slang], daft as a brush [Brit, slang], potty [Brit, slang], round the twist [Brit, slang], dumbass [N. Amer, slang], nutsy [N. Amer, slang], barking mad [Brit, slang], mental [slang], barking [Brit, slang], bughouse [N. Amer, slang], cuckoo [slang]
    
3. [Brit, informal] Suggestive of sexual impropriety
   "fruity gossip";
   - blue [informal], gamy [N. Amer], gamey [N. Amer], juicy [informal], naughty [informal], racy, risqué, spicy [informal]
    
4. [informal] (of a voice or sound) rich and full-toned, sometimes excessively so
   "The actor spoke in fruity theatrical tones"

Derived forms: fruitier, fruitiest

See also: insane, sexy [informal], tasty

Encyclopedia: Fruity