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▪ I. nutter1|ˈnʌtə(r)|
[f. nut n.1 or v. + -er1.]
One who gathers nuts.
1483Cath. Angl. 257/2 A Nutter, nuclearius. 1826in Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) II. 95, I had some talk with some of these nutters. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 8 And a hazlewood, By autumn nutters haunted.
▪ II. ˈnutter3 slang.
[f. nut n.1 8 c + -er1.]
An insane person; a violent and deranged person. Occas. used in weaker sense: an eccentric person.
1958F. Norman Bang to Rights i. 36 The reason for this is to find out wether [sic] or not you are a nutter. 1960Observer 24 July 24/7 Sally is, at first sight, one of those romantic schizoids, a near nutter. 1963‘A. Garve’ Sea Monks ii. 66 Reckon we'd be nutters to try it now. Ibid. v. 135, I reckon Chris was right, Rosie—King's a nutter. I reckon he'll go on killin' till there ain't no one left. 1963[see barm n.2 3]. 1965A. Prior Interrogators xi. 200 A lot of 'em are nutters, I reckon. 1968J. Lock Lady Policeman v. 43 The term ‘nutter’ was invariably used though not meant unkindly and included all types from the eccentric (a bit of a nutter) to the raving lunatic (a right nutter). 1972R. Quilty Tenth Session 7 You could make out on the tipping lark—all those rich nutters. |