I’ve always been fascinated by the first use of “fruit” in The Hobbit, as a description of hobbit laughs. It gave me the impression of chuckling and full-bellied laughter. The OED reveals a colloquial meaning for fruity as:
colloq. Full of rich or strong quality; highly interesting, attractive, or suggestive.
and thus the 01.004 use of fruit has earned the “archaic” tag. I now can hear hobbit laughter quite clearly – rich and strong, interesting, attractive, suggestive. Thanks, OED!
- 01.004 and laugh deep fruity laughs
- 07.126 nuts, flour, sealed jars of dried fruits,
- 08.105 and dangle like ripe fruit)
- 19.043 and fruit and feasting in autumn.
“fruity, adj.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 10 March 2016.
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I happened to be out buying wine yesterday, from which I can report that the first meaning of “fruit” may be archaic, but it is far from obsolete. The lady behind the counter called a California Cabernet Sauvignon “fruit-forward”, which I only understood because you wrote this one down.
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