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fruity

fruity

32 2.7
A strong taste or smell like ripe fruit
  • adjective
  • /ˈfruːti/
: afrutado
  • The wine has a fruity aroma with hints of apricot and peach.
  • a fruity flavor
  • fruity drink
  • a fruity wine

Soft beauty blush smells fruity on my lips.

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Examples

  • Instead, they took walks on the beach under a metallic blue sky and drank fruity coconut drinks.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • It is such a fruity burst of summary goodness.

    KathleenLights

  • And it's like really, really fruity and I love it.

  • This is like a very fruity, beautiful scent.

  • And it smells great too, very fruity fresh.

  • It's mostly fruity which I prefer a sweet scent.

    KathleenLights

  • We had a habanero that was fruity and delicious.

  • Ales tend to be more fruity and more complex.

    WIRED

  • We'd have a long weekend just to sit in the sun, drink fruity drinks, and swim.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • " Hmm," he said, gulping draughts of the cold, fruity liquid.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

lemony
vsfruity
5 2.5

Having the fresh sour taste or smell of a lemon

is broader, applying to rich smells or tastes from many fruits
figgy
vsfruity
3 8.2

Having the taste or smell of ripe figs

is more general, indicating richness reminiscent of fruit varieties overall
citrusy
vsfruity
2 3.7

Having a fresh, sharp taste or smell like a lemon

is wider, covering rich smells or tastes from any fruit type
grapey
vsfruity
1 6.0

Having the taste or smell of grapes

is broader, meaning a rich smell or taste like fruit in general
raisiny
vsfruity
1 6.4

Food that tastes like small sweet dried grapes or has them inside

focuses on overall fruit-like richness rather than dried fruit texture
apple-scented
vsfruity
1 3.5

A thing that has the smell of apples, like a candle or soap

covers a general rich fruit-like smell or taste rather than one fruit
grapy
vsfruity
1 7.5

Having a taste or smell like the fruit used to make wine

is more general, meaning any rich fruit-like smell or taste
limy
vsfruity
1 4.6

Tasting or smelling like a small green sour fruit used in cooking

is more general, referring to rich fruit-like taste or smell overall
froot
vsfruity
  • Informal
9.7

Having a taste like fruit, often sweet and fake

refers to natural rich smells or tastes reminiscent of fruit rather than artificial

Antonyms

bland
22 2.0

Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor

Compounds

fruity drink
2 1.3

A sweet drink without alcohol that tastes like fruit, often for children or parties

fruity cocktail
1 3.4

An alcoholic drink made with fruit juices and often served cold

How Fruity

jammy
1 4.3
fruity
32 2.7
dry
7 5.6

Surface Forms

fruity positive

Morphology

fruity = fruit (transparent) = fruit + y

Meaning 'having qualities of fruit' follows directly from the noun 'fruit' plus the adjectival suffix '-y'.

Etymology

Fruity is simply fruit plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having'. So fruity literally means 'having the qualities of fruit', which is why we use it for tastes and smells that remind us of fruit.