nutso
/ˈnʌ.t͡soʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""You wanted a report, so here's a full report: crazy, nutso, raisins short of a fruitcake, rubber walls, screaming-mad basket-cases.""
- ""It's a bit scary if you have a difficult boss, and it's out-and-out frightening if you have a completely nutso, maladjusted, irrational, or disturbed boss.""
- ""I was wondering if you had any crazy nutso guy stalking you, or something.""
- "How being taught to not cut corners, even in a nutso emergency room shift, meant I checked all regions in Mary below the waist and didn't just tell her I thought it was probably gas."
- "I put my hand to my chest—my heart was going nutso."
- "A nutso relationship is no joke, and no baby should be exposed to that."
Etymology
Etymology tree English nuts Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English nutso From nuts + -o.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnʌ.t͡soʊ/
- British English: /ˈnʌt.soʊ/