nutty
/ˈnʌti
/adjective (nuttier, nuttiest)
1Tasting like nuts: wild rice has a very nutty flavour...
- Simply grind in a coffee grinder or high-powered blender 3 measures of linseed, two measures of sunflower seeds and one measure of almonds to make a delicious nutty tasting powder.
- For appetizers, I recommend the arugala salad for those who enjoy the distinctly nutty flavour of this salad green.
- We sampled the plump, satisfying pork pot-stickers as well as the shrimp balls on cloud ear mushrooms, which combined a distinctly nutty flavour with the sweet pink puffs of shrimp.
1.1Containing a lot of nuts: a nutty vegetable bake...
- The methi pulav turned out pretty good - very nutty and chewy.
- This is a thick, nutty curry of chicken with cashew nuts, grated coconut, garlic cloves, fresh ginger, coriander, onions & green chillies.
- Savoury Nut Burgers - Moist and nutty inside, crispy and well browned outside, these tempting burgers will be just as popular with non-vegetarians.
2 informal Mad: he came up with a few nutty proposals...
- There is no tangible search for solutions and little real, positive innovation or creativity; merely the recycling of outdated ideas, baseless gossip and nutty proposals.
- Out there on the radical fringe, Lester knows he's unlikely to persuade the U.S. Congress to adopt his nutty proposals
- I have no doubt that the advice you have received from economists and tax experts has told you why your proposal is nutty.
Phrases
be nutty about
(as) nutty as a fruitcake
Derivatives
nuttiness
- Like the old aristocracy, some of them are debauched, and some of them have merely achieved the state of nuttiness it took Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria's family a millennium of in-breeding to master.
- On the gallows Bury confirmed his reputation for sneering nuttiness by saying to the hangman: ‘I suppose you think you are clever to hang me.’
- To Web surfers, he came off as a quick-witted scribe who kept readers amused with tales of high-altitude nuttiness.