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nuttish

nuttish adjective: resembling or characteristic of nuts.

Adjective

nuttish (comparative more nuttish, superlative most nuttish)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of nuts.
    • Besides, she makes fudge—perfectly lovely fudge, all whitish and chocolatish and nuttish.1916 September 17, “Elizabeth Ann”, in The Courier-Journal, volume CXXVI, number 17,427 (New Series), Louisville, Ky., →ISSN, →OCLC, “The Courier-Journal Junior” section, “Opp⹀O’⹀Tunes: Weekly...
    • It blends with butter, rounds the flavor of eggs, gives depth to sugar, particularly when it's been caramelized, and makes nuts taste even more nuttish.2014, Dorie Greenspan, Baking Chez Moi, page 372
    Synonyms:
    nutty, nutlike

Synonyms of nuttish

Forms of nuttish

comparativemore nuttish
superlativemost nuttish

Origin of nuttish

From nut + -ish.

Questions about nuttish

What does nuttish mean?
Nuttish means resembling or characteristic of nuts.
What part of speech is nuttish?
Nuttish is an adjective.

Words near nuttish in the dictionary

  1. nutting out
  2. nutting truck
  3. nutting trucks
  4. nutting up
  5. nuttings
  6. nuttish
  7. Nutton
  8. Nuttons
  9. Nutts
  10. nutty
  11. nutty as a fruit cake

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