nut-case

A form of nutcase — An eccentric or odd person.

Meanings

nounnut-case (plural nut-cases)

plural nut-cases

  1. alternativeAlternative form of nutcase.
    1 more example

    “It is still the 1950s in North Korea and the conflict with South Korea and the United States is still going on,” says Kathryn Weathersby, a scholar of the Korean War. “People in the North feel backed into a corner and threatened.” There is real value in understanding this paranoid mind-set. It puts the calculated belligerence of the Kim family into context. It also undermines the notion that North Korea is merely a nut-case state.

    2015 March 20, Blaine Harden, “The U.S. war crime North Korea won’t forget”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2015, Opinions
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nut-case,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nut-case.

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