fruitcake

[ froot-keyk ]

/ ˈfrutˌkeɪk /

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noun

a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.

Slang. a crazy or eccentric person; nut.

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Origin of fruitcake

First recorded in 1840–50; fruit + cake

Words nearby fruitcake

fruitage, fruitarian, fruit bat, fruit beer, fruit body, fruitcake, fruit cocktail, fruitcover, fruit cup, fruitdot, fruit drop

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How to use fruitcake in a sentence

As Claire Saffitz reminds you in her Dessert Person recipe, making a fruitcake is not a process that you decide to take on in the middle of December — it’s a process that you start right about now.
Start Making Your Christmas Fruitcake Right Now|Dayna Evans|November 3, 2021|Eater
Fruitcake quickly acclimated to its American home, and even plays a supporting role in American literature.
One Cake to Rule Them All: How Stollen Stole Our Hearts|Molly Hannon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, think dried fruits, nuts, and spices—a holiday fruitcake you might actually want to eat.
Menu for a Moveable Feast: 10 Famous Authors and Their Favorite Foods & Recipes|Nicole Villeneuve|October 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And they eating crumbs of the cottage fruitcake, jawing the whole blooming time and sighing.
Ulysses|James Joyce

Harry, who had been stuffing fruitcake on the sofa—sweets were his weakness—rose suddenly and came over to the group.
Virginia|Ellen Glasgow
Im going to make a natural fruitcake, this week, for our little girls birthday.
The Natural Cure of Consumption, Constipation, Bright's Disease, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,|Charles Edward Page
The fruitcake was duly packed, transported, and eaten—we are bound to say without ill effect.
Julia Ward Howe|Laura E. Richards
I had a whole fruitcake taken bodaciously from me last year.
At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed

British Dictionary definitions for fruitcake

fruitcake

/ (ˈfruːtˌkeɪk) /

noun

a rich cake containing mixed dried fruit, lemon peel, nuts, etc

slang, mainly British a person considered to be eccentric or insane

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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