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nutter

American  
[nuht-er] / ˈnʌt ər /

noun

  1. a person who gathers nuts.

  2. British Slang. an insane person.


nutter British  
/ ˈnʌtə /

noun

  1. slang a mad or eccentric person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of nutter

First recorded in 1475–85; nut + -er 1

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"How I presented myself - crazy, loud, being a nutter, that is who I am but I'm also sensitive," she says.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2025

Once dismissed as a nutter by his critics, because he confessed he talks to trees, Charles is right on time for 2022.

From Washington Post Sep. 9, 2022

“And by talking about things and saying, ‘That looks like a controlled demolition,’ I know that puts you in the nutter camp.

From Slate Mar. 21, 2019

People think I’m a tin hat-wearing nutter, sitting here guarding 3,000 tins of beans, but it’s not all-consuming.

From The Guardian Jan. 28, 2018

Like the police, he’d probably just think I’m a nutter, some weirdo who’s read about the case in the newspaper.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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