adj
nutty
NUH-tee
adj
1
Tasting or smelling of nuts.
"The cheese had a rich, nutty flavour."
2
Informal: crazy or eccentric.
"He came up with some nutty scheme to double his money overnight."
How to Use Nutty
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither tasting of nuts, or (informally) a bit mad or ridiculous.
Common pairings
nutty flavour
nutty professor
nutty idea
Word Forms
nuttier comparative, nuttiest superlative
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Etymology
From nut plus the adjective suffix -y.