different between nutty vs unnatural

English

Etymology

nut +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ti/
• Rhymes: -?ti

Adjective

nutty (comparative nuttier, superlative nuttiest)

1. Containing nuts.

2. Resembling or characteristic of nuts.
   • 1997, Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook, Rodale, ?ISBN, p. 210:

     Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a a pleasantly nutty flavor.

3. Barmy, crazy, mad.

4. (Britain, dated) Extravagantly fashionable
   • 1932, Frank Richards, "The Complete Outsider", The Magnet

     Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.

Usage notes

In sense “insane”, similar to nuts, but more limited and somewhat milder: nutty means “eccentric, insane”, while “nuts” can mean either “insane” or “enthused, agitated” (“the crowd went nuts”), for which “nutty” is not used: *“the crowd went nutty”.

Synonyms

• nuts, squirrelly
• See also Thesaurus:insane

Related terms

• nutter
• nutty as a fruitcake

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English unnatural, unnaturel, equivalent to un- +? natural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?næt?????l/
• Hyphenation: un?nat?u?ral

Adjective

unnatural (comparative more unnatural, superlative most unnatural)

1. Not natural.
2. Not occurring in nature, the environment or atmosphere
3. Going against nature; perverse.

Antonyms

• natural

Derived terms

• unnaturally
• unnaturalness

Translations

Anagrams

• lunarnaut