noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on wordnet
3. 3
   A crazy or eccentric person. colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable

   "Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake."

4. 4
   a whimsically eccentric person wordnet
5. 5
   A homosexual male. US, colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

bugcakecrackpotcrackpotcrankfruit

Example

More examples

"Tom is nuttier than a fruitcake."

Etymology

Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952.

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