tutti-frutti
Appearance
See also: tutti frutti
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sicilian tutti frutti (“all fruits”), so attested in 1838 for a kind of sorbet.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌtuːtɪˈfɹuːtɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌtutiˈfɹuti/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -uːti
Noun
[edit]tutti-frutti (countable and uncountable, plural tutti-fruttis)
- A variety of ice cream (or, formerly, other confection) that contains chopped candied fruit.
- (India) Candied raw papaya (unripened papaya).
- (slang, derogatory) A male homosexual.
- (drugs) A type of flavored cocaine.
- (New Zealand, drugs) A type of inhalable, powdered drug.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]variety of ice cream
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References
[edit]- ^ V. Mortillaro: Nuovo dizionario siciliano-italiano, vol. I, Palermo, 1838, p. 450.
Further reading
[edit]- tutti frutti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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