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Nut can mean head, although it's a bit dated - giving nutcase and, in British English, nutter. I'd guess that's the root of it and that substitution gets you to
by dcminter 3y ago
Nut can mean head, although it's a bit dated - giving nutcase and, in British English, nutter. I'd guess that's the root of it and that substitution gets you to other botanicals.
Edit: I checked OED and it gives that derivation route.
- denton-scratch 3y ago"Nut" as "head" makes sense. And it's still current; if you strike someone in the face with your forehead, you have nutted them. So I buy "nutcase" as "head-case", therefore "mad".