Having the flavor or qualities of fruit; or in music and theater, overly dramatic or exaggerated.
From Old French 'fruit' and Latin 'fructus.' The suffix '-y' makes it an adjective. The theatrical meaning developed later as slang.
The same word 'fruity' describes both a wine's pleasant aroma AND an actor's over-the-top performance—it shows how English reuses words across different senses when something feels abundant or excessive.
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