fruitique
fruitique noun: an upmarket or trendy fruitshop.
Noun
fruitique (plural fruitiques)
- An upmarket or trendy fruitshop.
- Gustavsburg was like a seaside model village, there was a lilypond outside the Post Office where we bought some stamps (one mark! That's nearly 50 pence for a stamp!) and some fruit and vegetables at a chic fruitique close to a fountain.1997, Bill Cooper, Laurel Cooper, Back Door to Byzantium: To the Black Sea by the Great Rivers of Europe, Sheridan House, →ISBN, page 58
- A linguist would note with interest, rather than horror, the fact that you can have your hair washed and set in a glamorama in North Carolina, or your car oiled in a lubritorium in Sydney, or that you can buy apples at a fruitique in a trendy suburb of London.2004, Jean Aitchison, Teach Yourself Linguistics
Forms of fruitique
| plural | fruitiques |
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Origin of fruitique
Blend of fruit + boutique.
Questions about fruitique
- What does fruitique mean?
- Fruitique means an upmarket or trendy fruitshop.
- What part of speech is fruitique?
- Fruitique is a noun.
- What is the plural of fruitique?
- The plural of fruitique is fruitiques.
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