fruity
Americanadjective
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resembling fruit; having the taste or smell of fruit.
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rich in flavor; pungent.
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excessively sweet or mellifluous; cloying; syrupy.
a specialist in fruity prose; to read poetry in a fruity voice.
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Slang. insane; crazy.
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Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. of or like a gay man.
adjective
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of or resembling fruit
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(of a voice) mellow or rich
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ingratiating or unctuous
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informal erotically stimulating; salacious
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slang eccentric or insane
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a slang word for homosexual
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The team found higher levels of compounds associated with floral and fruity aromas, including linalool and 2-phenylethanol.
From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026
Since 2020, the FDA had restricted sales to tobacco-flavored and menthol-flavored vapes amid concerns that fruity flavors appeal to underage users.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Bowens, for example, was recently drawn to strawberry-forward Fruits of Love by Dossier, which surprised her since she considered herself someone who didn’t like fruity scents.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The finished dessert is rich, indulgent, fruity and beautifully simple.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
What Colin liked about Curve was not its smell on the skin but its sillage, the fruity sweet smell of its leaving.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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