fruitcake

American  

[froot-keyk] / ˈfrutˌkeɪk /

noun

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

2. Slang. a crazy or eccentric person; nut.

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fruitcake British  

/ ˈfruːtˌkeɪk /

noun

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

2. slang a person considered to be eccentric or insane

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fruitcake Idioms  

1. see nutty as a fruitcake.

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Etymology

Origin of fruitcake

First recorded in 1840–50; fruit + cake

Example Sentences

Check the malls for the day after Christmas sales, ask people that very question as they are returning those cheese balls, cheap robot vacuums, and fruitcakes they didn’t want and get back to us.

From Salon

Nothing says Christmas quite like a fruitcake – or, at the very least, a fruitcake joke.

From Salon

Not a Scottish shortbread or jam tart or fruitcake slice.

From Literature

We are not a fruitcake family and I am not a fruitcake fan.

From Salon

But there’s no holiday food that riles people up quite like fruitcake.

From Salon

Related Words

• fanatic
• fiend
• freak
• looney
• lunatic
• zealot