fruitcake
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spiceA cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
» Tom is as nutty as a fruitcake.
Tom ist total plemplem.
Meaning
3 senses(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
(colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A crazy or eccentric person.
Verrückter, Spinner
психpsix
a whimsically eccentric person
(US, colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A homosexual male.
Schwuchtel
го́микgómik, пе́дикpédik, пидора́сpidorás
Examples
7 sentencesTom is as nutty as a fruitcake.
deTom ist total plemplem.
I love fruitcake.
deIch liebe Fruchtkuchen.
He is as nutty as a fruitcake.
У нього бракує клепки в голові.
ruУ него не все дома.
deEr ist total plemplem.
Tom is nuttier than a fruitcake.
ruТом совсем поехавший.
deTom ist ein verrückter Hund.
I am just as nutty as a fruitcake.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
Origin
Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitCompound 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: fruitcakesSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable