different between nutter vs crackpot

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English nutter, equivalent to nut +? -er.

Noun

nutter (plural nutters)

1. A person who gathers nuts.
2. (Britain, sometimes derogatory, informal) An eccentric, insane, crazy or reckless person.

Synonyms

• (insane person): loony, nut, nutcase; see also Thesaurus:mad person
• (eccentric person): kook, odd duck, wacko; see also Thesaurus:strange person

Related terms

• nut
• nutbag
• nutty

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Etymology 2

Blend of nut +? butter

Noun

nutter (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) nut butter
   • 1907, Reuben Swinburne Clymer, The International System of Direct Medication (page 223)

     Nut Butter (Table Nutter) is also recommended.

   • 1910, Great Britain. Local Government Board, Annual Report (issue 39, page xci)

     Among the miscellaneous articles examined, 27 samples of vegetable fat resembling lard were purchased for analysis under the various names of nut lard, nut butter, nutter, palmine, &c. These were passed as genuine.

Anagrams

• Rutten

English

Etymology

Mostly likely a back-etymology of pot, to form crack +? pot. Originally, from crack +? pate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ækp?t/

Noun

crackpot (plural crackpots)

1. (informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. A kook.

   Synonyms: crank, crazy, kook, live one, nut ball, nutbag, nutbar, nutcase, nutter; see also Thesaurus:strange person, Thesaurus:mad person

2. (informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).

   Synonyms: crackhead, crack whore; see also Thesaurus:addict

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Adjective

crackpot (comparative more crackpot, superlative most crackpot)

1. (informal) Eccentric or impractical.

   Synonyms: eccentric, impractical

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