— fruitiness , n.
/frooh"tee/ , adj., fruitier, fruitiest .
1. resembling fruit; having the taste or smell of fruit.
2. rich in flavor; pungent.
3. excessively sweet or mellifluous; cloying; syrupy: a specialist in fruity prose; to read poetry in a fruity voice.
4. Slang. insane; crazy.
5. Slang ( disparaging and offensive ). homosexual.
[ 1650-60; FRUIT + -Y 1 ]