Fruitique
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fruitique is a noun meaning An upmarket or trendy fruitshop.
Meaning
An upmarket or trendy fruitshop.
Example Sentences
Gustavsburg was like a seaside model village, there was a lilypond outside the Post Office where we bought some stamps (one mark! That's nearly 50 pence for a stamp!) and some fruit and vegetables at a chic fruitique close to a fountain.
New Yorkers are crazy about organic produce and the more esoteric, the better, from pink banana pumpkins at a Greenwich Village fruitique to stinging nettle lasagna at the fantastic new Eataly indoor marketplace at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street.
A linguist would note with interest, rather than horror, the fact that you can have your hair washed and set in a glamorama in North Carolina, or your car oiled in a lubritorium in Sydney, or that you can buy apples at a fruitique in a trendy suburb of London.
Word Forms
- fruitiques
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fruitlet, fruticetum, grove, fruitcrop, pipfruit, fruit-tree.
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