nutter

nutter
nutter (n.) "one who gathers nuts," late 15c., from NUT (Cf. nut) + -ER (Cf. -er) (1). Meaning "crazy person" is British slang, 1958, from NUT (Cf. nut) + -ER (Cf. -er) (3). Nuttery "mental hospital" is attested from 1931; earlier it meant "place for storing nuts" (1881).

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