different between nutter vs psycho

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

Translations

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

Alternative forms

• syko (slang)

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?sa??.k???/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?sa??.ko??/
• Rhymes: -a?k??

Etymology 1

Clipping of psychotic and psychopath +? -o (“person with characteristic”).

Adjective

psycho (comparative more psycho, superlative most psycho)

1. (colloquial or derogatory) Psychotic, or otherwise insane.

Translations

Noun

psycho (plural psychos)

1. (derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.

   Synonyms: freak, loony, nutcase, wacko

2. (derogatory, slang) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.

   Synonyms: creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of psychology.

Noun

psycho (uncountable)

1. (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.