English Explanatory Dictionary

tutti-frutti

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A variety of ice cream (or, formerly, other confection) that contains chopped candied fruit.
  2. Candied raw papaya (unripened papaya).
  3. A male homosexual.
  4. A type of flavored cocaine.
  5. A type of inhalable, powdered drug.

Pronunciation

/ˌtuːtɪˈfɹuːtɪ/ /ˌtutiˈfɹuti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-tutti-frutti.wav

Word forms

tutti-frutti tutti-fruttis tutti frutti

Etymology

From Sicilian tutti frutti (“all fruits”), so attested in 1838 for a kind of sorbet.

Derived words

go tutti-frutti
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