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fruitcake
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural fruitcakes
plural fruitcakes
Learner's definition of FRUITCAKE
[count]
1
: a very sweet cake that contains nuts, fruits, and spices水果蛋糕；干果蛋糕
2
informal : a foolish, strange, or crazy person : nut蠢人；怪人；疯子
- He's a real fruitcake. = He's as nutty as a fruitcake.他真是个怪人。
fruitcake
noun
fruit·cake ˈfrüt-ˌkāk 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
children in the neighborhood once regarded the reclusive scientist as a fruitcake he agreed to an evaluation so they could see he wasn't a fruitcake
Recent Examples on the Web Tasting notes include fruitcake, baking spice and orange marmalade on the nose, with a mixture of cherry, tobacco, mint and a touch of anise on the palate. 
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 June 2022 Kramers compared the Hypatia stone's internal structure to a fruitcake: a poorly mixed dough forming the bulk of the pebble (mixed matrices), with the mineral grains lurking in the stone's inclusions representing the cherries and nuts. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 June 2022 Kelly points out that an earlier insult for a mentally ill person, fruitcake, contains nuts—showing how deft early-20th-century slang speakers were at layering cruelty. Joseph Lamour, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022 In other words, enjoy that slice of fruitcake, but don’t eat the whole pie in one day. Amanda Macmillan, Outside Online, 11 Dec. 2014 Bored with the usual lackluster Christmas routine of fruitcake and family arguments? Jeff Dunn And Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2021 Yet chances are the ugly Christmas sweater is here to stay, kind of like the fruitcake no one likes, and the family game of Monopoly that often ends in tears. New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021 People who didn’t like fruitcake ate those made here. Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 11 Dec. 2021 Otherwise, pass on fruitcake and nibble on a cookie. Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 25 Dec. 2021 See More
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 June 2022 Kramers compared the Hypatia stone's internal structure to a fruitcake: a poorly mixed dough forming the bulk of the pebble (mixed matrices), with the mineral grains lurking in the stone's inclusions representing the cherries and nuts. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 June 2022 Kelly points out that an earlier insult for a mentally ill person, fruitcake, contains nuts—showing how deft early-20th-century slang speakers were at layering cruelty. Joseph Lamour, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022 In other words, enjoy that slice of fruitcake, but don’t eat the whole pie in one day. Amanda Macmillan, Outside Online, 11 Dec. 2014 Bored with the usual lackluster Christmas routine of fruitcake and family arguments? Jeff Dunn And Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2021 Yet chances are the ugly Christmas sweater is here to stay, kind of like the fruitcake no one likes, and the family game of Monopoly that often ends in tears. New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021 People who didn’t like fruitcake ate those made here. Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 11 Dec. 2021 Otherwise, pass on fruitcake and nibble on a cookie. Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 25 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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