Meaning

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

    Früchtebrot, Früchtekuchen

    кексkeks, фрукто́вый пиро́гfruktóvyj piróg

    a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on

  2. (colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A crazy or eccentric person.

    Verrückter, Spinner

    психpsix

    a whimsically eccentric person

  3. (US, colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A homosexual male.

    Schwuchtel

    го́микgómik, пе́дикpédik, пидора́сpidorás

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Tom is as nutty as a fruitcake.

    deTom ist total plemplem.

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  2. I love fruitcake.

    deIch liebe Fruchtkuchen.

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  3. He is as nutty as a fruitcake.

    У нього бракує клепки в голові.

    ruУ него не все дома.

    deEr ist total plemplem.

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  4. Tom is nuttier than a fruitcake.

    ruТом совсем поехавший.

    deTom ist ein verrückter Hund.

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  5. I am just as nutty as a fruitcake.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
cake:
crazy person:
homosexual:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
cake:
crazy person:
homosexual:

Origin

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

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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Forms

plural: fruitcakes

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedmince pie
Derivedfruitcakey

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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