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fruitcake
fruit·cake F0344600 (fro͞ot′kāk′)n.1. A heavy spiced cake containing nuts, candied or dried fruits, and often rum or brandy.2. Slang A crazy or an eccentric person: "a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas" (John Strahinich).fruitcake (ˈfruːtˌkeɪk) n1. (Cookery) a rich cake containing mixed dried fruit, lemon peel, nuts, etc2. slang chiefly Brit a person considered to be eccentric or insanefruit•cake (ˈfrutˌkeɪk)
n. 1. a rich cake containing candied fruit, nuts, spices, etc. 2. Slang. a crazy or eccentric person. [1840–50] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  fruitcake - a whimsically eccentric person crackpot, nut case, screwball, crank, nuteccentric, eccentric person, oddball, flake, geek - a person with an unusual or odd personality | | 2. | fruitcake - a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so oncake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fatChristmas cake - a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmassimnel - a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas |
Translationsfruitcake
be (as) nutty as a fruitcakeslang To be crazy and/or wacky. Usually used humorously. Don't listen to a word he says, he's as nutty as a fruitcake! You're nutty as a fruitcake if you think that plan will work.See also: fruitcake, nutty(as) nutty as a fruitcakeCrazy or wacky. Usually used humorously. The kids are always nutty as fruitcakes when they've had something sugary to eat. My Aunt Jeannie has always been nutty as a fruitcake.See also: fruitcake, nuttynuttier than a fruitcakeCrazy or wacky. Usually used humorously. The kids are always nuttier than fruitcakes when they've had something sugary to eat. My Aunt Jeannie has always been nuttier than a fruitcake.See also: fruitcake, nuttyfruitcake1. A spice cake containing fruit and nuts. Often used as a humorous reference because it is often deemed unappetizing. Just give me a minute to cut up the fruitcake. Need a doorstop? Try this fruitcake!2. slang Someone who is odd or wacky. What conspiracy theory is that old fruitcake blathering on about now?3. offensive slang A derogatory term for a male who is homosexual or otherwise non-heterosexual or considered effeminate.*nutty as a fruitcake and nuttier than a fruitcakecrazy. (*Also: as ~.) Don't pay any attention to John; he's nutty as a fruitcake. Mary's schemes for making money are nuttier than a fruitcake.See also: fruitcake, nuttynutty as a fruitcakeCrazy, idiotic, as in Mary's nutty as a fruitcake if she thinks she can get away with that. The adjective nutty meaning "insane" was first recorded in 1821; the similarity to fruitcake, which literally contains nuts as well as fruit, was first recorded in 1935. See also: fruitcake, nuttynutty as a fruitcake BRITISH, INFORMALIf someone is as nutty as a fruitcake, they are crazy. The man is a charmer — intense, funny, and nutty as a fruitcake. Note: `Nutty' or `nuts' is an informal word for mad. Nutty can also mean containing a lot of nuts in the way that a fruitcake often does. See also: fruitcake, nuttynutty as a fruitcake completely crazy. informal Nutty meaning ‘mad or crazy’ dates from the late 19th century, and this phrase, punning on the sense of ‘full of nuts’, from the 1930s. Fruitcake is also used on its own to mean ‘a crazy or eccentric person’.See also: fruitcake, nutty(as) nutty as a ˈfruitcake (informal, humorous) (of a person) completely crazy: He’s as nutty as a fruitcake. Do you know what he did yesterday? He had lunch outside in the pouring rain.See also: fruitcake, nutty(as) nutty as a fruitcake mod. very silly or stupid. The whole idea is as nutty as a fruitcake. See also: fruitcake, nuttynutty as a fruitcake verbSee as nutty as a fruitcakeSee also: fruitcake, nuttyfruitcake1. n. a silly-acting person. (Also a term of address.) You can be such a silly fruitcake sometimes. 2. n. a male homosexual. (Rude and derogatory. An elaboration of fruit.) We went into this bar, but it was filled with fruitcakes, so we left. 3. and fruit loop n. a foolish oaf. (Someone who is as nutty as a fruitcake. Fruit loop is borrowed from the cereal of the same [protected trade] name.) What a fruitcake! Doesn’t even know where his head is at. Out of the way, fruit loop. nuttier than a fruitcakeCrazy, eccentric. This term originated in America about 1920 and transfers the actual nuts in a fruitcake to the colloquial meaning of nutty as crazy. The term later gave rise to the usage fruitcake for an eccentric individual.See also: fruitcake, nuttyfruitcake
Synonyms for fruitcakenoun a whimsically eccentric personSynonyms- crackpot
- nut case
- screwball
- crank
- nut
Related Words- eccentric
- eccentric person
- oddball
- flake
- geek
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