fruitcake

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈfɹuːt.keɪk/ (UK)

Definition of fruitcake

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
  2. (colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A crazy or eccentric person.
    “Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake.”
    “One of the loafers kept calling down, "Hey you, Blondie, you like fruitcake kids like that?"”
    “"Ukip is sort of a bunch of … fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly," Mr Cameron told LBC radio.”
  3. (US, colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A homosexual male.

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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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