Definitions
Hard-shelled seed or fruit; also a slang word for an enthusiast or eccentric person.
Word origin
From Middle English note, nute, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts (“nut”), from a root *knu- possibly shared with Proto-Celtic *knūs and Latin nux (“nut”). Based on the form of the nouns and the restriction of the root to Germanic, Celtic and Italic, it has been argued to be of non-Indo-European (substrate) origin.
Used in a sentence
“There are many sorts of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more.”
“Off one's nut—crazy; mad. S. Nut is a slang term for the head.”
“Let the Cream get firmly in her nut the idea that Sir Roderick Glossop was not the butler, the whole butler and nothing but the butler, and disaster, as I saw it, loomed.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Hard-shelled seed”3 letters
02“Hard-shelled morsel”3 letters
03“Hard-shelled snack”3 letters
04“Squirrel food”3 letters
05“Squirrel snack”3 letters
06“Enthusiast”3 letters
07“Edible seed”3 letters
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