fruitcake en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈfɹuːt.keɪk/ (UK)
Etymology
Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952.
Meanings
- (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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(colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A crazy or eccentric person.
"Ukip is sort of a bunch of … fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly," Mr Cameron told LBC radio.
2006 April 4, Ros Taylor, quoting David Cameron, “Cameron refuses to apologise to Ukip”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake.
1952, Mickey Spillane, Kiss me Deadl, page 7:One of the loafers kept calling down, "Hey you, Blondie, you like fruitcake kids like that?"
1962, Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, New York: Signet, published 1963, page 205:
- (US, colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable) A homosexual male.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fruitcakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| fruit-cake | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fruit cake | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (57)
pt boiola (homosexual) · cmn 乾果蛋糕 /干果蛋糕 (cake) · ru фрукто́вый пиро́г (cake) · grc παλάθη (cake) · fr tante (homosexual) · pl świrus (crazy person) · it plumcake (cake) · de Verrückter (crazy person) · fi kaheli (crazy person) · pt viado (homosexual) · eo fruktokuko (cake) · sv fruktkaka (cake) · ja フルーツケーキ (cake) · yi ענגלישער קוכן (cake) · pl pedałek (homosexual) · sv galning (crazy person) · ru го́мик (homosexual) · pl świr (crazy person) · ru пидора́с (homosexual) · fi hedelmäkakku (cake) · pl świruska (crazy person) · ru кекс (cake) · nl fruitcake (cake) · fi hintti (homosexual) · sv toka (crazy person) · pl wariat (crazy person) · nl mafkees (crazy person) · de Früchtekuchen (cake) · de Schwuchtel (homosexual) · eo strangulo (crazy person) · ru пи́дор (homosexual) · fr pédale (homosexual) · fr taré (crazy person) · it panfrutto (cake) · nl mafketel (crazy person) · pt puto (homosexual) · es pastel de fruta (cake) · yi פֿרוכטקוכן (cake) · fr cake (cake) · de Spinner (crazy person) · fi kahjo (crazy person) · mi keke huarākau (cake) · pl keks (cake) · de Früchtebrot (cake) · ru псих (crazy person) · sv tok (crazy person) · pt bicha (homosexual) · sv bög (homosexual) · pl wariatka (crazy person) · tr meyveli kek (cake) · ga císte torthaí (cake) · yue 乾果蛋糕 /干果蛋糕 (cake) · ru пе́дик (homosexual) · nl malloot (crazy person) · sv knäppgök (crazy person) · nl dwaas (crazy person) · eo fruktkuko (cake)