fruityadj.

Brit.

/ˈfruːti/, U.S.

/ˈfrudi/

Etymology: < fruit n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Of or pertaining to or resembling fruit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [adjective]

pancarpial1592

fruity1657

fructiform1816

pomonic1864

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [adjective]

fruity1657

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 72 A fruity taste.

1817 L. Hunt Let. to C. C. Clarke in Gentleman's Mag. May (1876) 600 All that is fine, floral, and fruity.

1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 81 The flowery calix, full surcharged With fruity promise.

1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural iv. 91 The blooming and succulent peach gathers its fruity parts..about the nut or stone.

a1861 E. B. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) II. 131 I never saw a blooming girl of sixteen with a more fruity hopefulness in her countenance.

2. Of wine: Having the taste of the grape.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > fruity

fruity1843

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xii. 151 Whether he would wish to try a fruity port with greater body.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xxvii, in Writings I. 281 A glass of good fruity port—and yours is capital.

1855 Athenæum 13 Oct. 1194 Genuine Masdeu is a very fine fruity wine.

3. colloquial. Full of rich or strong quality; highly interesting, attractive, or suggestive. Cf. juicy adj. 2, spicy adj. 7.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective]

gracious1340

glorious skinnyc1400

drawing1435

gracefulc1449

attrayant1477

well-favoured1539

alluring1567

graceda1586

attracting1589

attractive1592

winning1596

appealing1598

taking1603

allicient1613

enchantinga1616

motive1615

temptinga1616

allurant1631

catchinga1640

gaining1642

canny1643

charmful1656

charming1664

mignon1671

disarminga1718

prepossessing1737

seducing1749

seductive176.

eye-catching1770

sweet1779

catchy1784

attaching1785

engaging1816

cute1834

cunning1843

taky1854

cynosural1855

smart1860

fetching1880

seductious1883

fruity1900

barry1923

hot stuff1928

swoony1934

dishy1961

dolly1964

jiggy1996

aegyo2007

1900 T. Hopkins Silent Gate ii. 45 When pulled up short, his language was of the Dials, fruity.

1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 337 A popular murder, fruity, cleverly done, and with a sex interest.

1921 P. G. Wodehouse Indiscretions of Archie 299 It's here now. The dickens of a fruity picture.

1925 Weekly Westminster 19 Sept. 522/3 Mr. John Garside's Young Launcelot is more intelligent, even if it is like the work of a fruity comedian without his fruitiness.

1928 S. Vines Humours Unreconciled xv. 201 An unusually ‘fruity’ political scandal connected with bribery.

1938 G. Heyer Blunt Instrument xi. 204 It might strike him as a pretty fruity idea to do in his victims as clumsily as he could.

1958 P. G. Wodehouse Cocktail Time xviii. 151 Some minutes later, a fruity voice caressed his ear. Albert Peasemarch's mentor, Coggs, had advised making the telephone-answering voice as fruity as possible in the tradition of the great butlers of the past.

1959 Oxf. Mag. 4 June 452/1 Angela Pedlar would have been wonderful if she could have been twice as fruity and three times as loud; she sounded exciting but far away.

1969 Country Life 25 Dec. 1697 A design as robust as it is ostentatious; Renaissance at its fruitiest, Elizabethan at its most exuberant, are gaily mixed together.

Derivatives

ˈfruitiness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > edible product or fruit > [noun] > state of being fruit or fruitiness

fruitiness1869

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [noun] > fruity quality

fruitiness1869

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [noun] > other qualities or styles

pastositya1806

touchiness1813

scene painting1834

horror vacui1845

texture1845

daguerreotypism1846

fruitiness1869

tintiness1886

posterishness1930

painterliness1950

non-figuration1955

simultaneity1957

hard-edge1961

figuration1962

colourfield1967

1869 Contemp. Rev. 11 357 Appreciating critics who write about its [a picture's] fruitiness, and juiciness, and pulpiness.

1895 Daily News 10 Apr. 4/7 The wines of the last vintage..are wanting in ripeness and fruitiness.

Draft additions 1993

ˈfruitily adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [adverb]

strikingly1752

fascinatingly1773

interestingly1811

engrossingly1835

absorbingly1836

rivetingly1849

arrestingly1882

fruitily1918

intriguingly1922

grippingly1934

compulsively1966

1918 E. V. Lucas 'Twixt Eagle & Dove 20 England's old waiters must be there, and France's, upon whom most clubmen of any age ought to be able to enlarge fruitily.

1987 Financial Times 24 Dec. 11/3 An adaptation by Brian Friel of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons (memorable chiefly for Miss Jefford..and Robin Bailey's fruitily surprising peasant pere).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fruity
释义	fruityadj. Brit. /ˈfruːti/, U.S. /ˈfrudi/ Etymology: < fruit n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Of or pertaining to or resembling fruit. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [adjective] pancarpial1592 fruity1657 fructiform1816 pomonic1864 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > [adjective] fruity1657 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 72 A fruity taste. 1817 L. Hunt Let. to C. C. Clarke in Gentleman's Mag. May (1876) 600 All that is fine, floral, and fruity. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas I. 81 The flowery calix, full surcharged With fruity promise. 1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural iv. 91 The blooming and succulent peach gathers its fruity parts..about the nut or stone. a1861 E. B. Browning Lett. R. H. Horne (1877) II. 131 I never saw a blooming girl of sixteen with a more fruity hopefulness in her countenance. 2. Of wine: Having the taste of the grape. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > fruity fruity1843 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xii. 151 Whether he would wish to try a fruity port with greater body. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xxvii, in Writings I. 281 A glass of good fruity port—and yours is capital. 1855 Athenæum 13 Oct. 1194 Genuine Masdeu is a very fine fruity wine. 3. colloquial. Full of rich or strong quality; highly interesting, attractive, or suggestive. Cf. juicy adj. 2, spicy adj. 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective] gracious1340 glorious skinnyc1400 drawing1435 gracefulc1449 attrayant1477 well-favoured1539 alluring1567 graceda1586 attracting1589 attractive1592 winning1596 appealing1598 taking1603 allicient1613 enchantinga1616 motive1615 temptinga1616 allurant1631 catchinga1640 gaining1642 canny1643 charmful1656 charming1664 mignon1671 disarminga1718 prepossessing1737 seducing1749 seductive176. eye-catching1770 sweet1779 catchy1784 attaching1785 engaging1816 cute1834 cunning1843 taky1854 cynosural1855 smart1860 fetching1880 seductious1883 fruity1900 barry1923 hot stuff1928 swoony1934 dishy1961 dolly1964 jiggy1996 aegyo2007 1900 T. Hopkins Silent Gate ii. 45 When pulled up short, his language was of the Dials, fruity. 1915 T. Burke Nights in Town 337 A popular murder, fruity, cleverly done, and with a sex interest. 1921 P. G. Wodehouse Indiscretions of Archie 299 It's here now. The dickens of a fruity picture. 1925 Weekly Westminster 19 Sept. 522/3 Mr. John Garside's Young Launcelot is more intelligent, even if it is like the work of a fruity comedian without his fruitiness. 1928 S. Vines Humours Unreconciled xv. 201 An unusually ‘fruity’ political scandal connected with bribery. 1938 G. Heyer Blunt Instrument xi. 204 It might strike him as a pretty fruity idea to do in his victims as clumsily as he could. 1958 P. G. Wodehouse Cocktail Time xviii. 151 Some minutes later, a fruity voice caressed his ear. Albert Peasemarch's mentor, Coggs, had advised making the telephone-answering voice as fruity as possible in the tradition of the great butlers of the past. 1959 Oxf. Mag. 4 June 452/1 Angela Pedlar would have been wonderful if she could have been twice as fruity and three times as loud; she sounded exciting but far away. 1969 Country Life 25 Dec. 1697 A design as robust as it is ostentatious; Renaissance at its fruitiest, Elizabethan at its most exuberant, are gaily mixed together. Derivatives ˈfruitiness n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > edible product or fruit > [noun] > state of being fruit or fruitiness fruitiness1869 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [noun] > fruity quality fruitiness1869 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [noun] > other qualities or styles pastositya1806 touchiness1813 scene painting1834 horror vacui1845 texture1845 daguerreotypism1846 fruitiness1869 tintiness1886 posterishness1930 painterliness1950 non-figuration1955 simultaneity1957 hard-edge1961 figuration1962 colourfield1967 1869 Contemp. Rev. 11 357 Appreciating critics who write about its [a picture's] fruitiness, and juiciness, and pulpiness. 1895 Daily News 10 Apr. 4/7 The wines of the last vintage..are wanting in ripeness and fruitiness. Draft additions 1993 ˈfruitily adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [adverb] strikingly1752 fascinatingly1773 interestingly1811 engrossingly1835 absorbingly1836 rivetingly1849 arrestingly1882 fruitily1918 intriguingly1922 grippingly1934 compulsively1966 1918 E. V. Lucas 'Twixt Eagle & Dove 20 England's old waiters must be there, and France's, upon whom most clubmen of any age ought to be able to enlarge fruitily. 1987 Financial Times 24 Dec. 11/3 An adaptation by Brian Friel of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons (memorable chiefly for Miss Jefford..and Robin Bailey's fruitily surprising peasant pere). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1657
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