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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When selecting a red to chill, the consensus is to go for something lighter-bodied and fruity that's low in tannins and has a lower alcohol content.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Oolong kombucha developed stronger floral and fruity notes.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 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
Inside was a crusty, watery, fruity part with a very tiny seed.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
It’s fruitier than most champagne, although it may be hard to tell the difference.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
To achieve that higher rating, Compilation’s beans are roasted with the coffee berry, producing fruitier, fuller flavors that are far more complicated than roasts made only from beans.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2022
The resulting taste, she says, is sweeter, richer and fruitier.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2022
Thioalcohols are sulfur-containing compounds that come in various shades of reek; some can have a meaty-oniony aroma while others are fruitier and less offensive.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2021
The sentiments are the same as Job’s text, but the language is fruitier.
From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott
I’ll tweet to abet the fruitiest fictitious lies, sir, with style.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2019
But which is "the fruitiest group of all?"
From Time Magazine Archive
"The richest, the ripest, the most inspiring and the fruitiest group of all, was the group of serious students who were social about it."
From Time Magazine Archive
Toddle round to your aunt's to-morrow and grab a couple of the fruitiest.
From Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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