fruitcake

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
2. (colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A crazy or eccentric person.
3. (US, colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable) A homosexual male.

Synonyms

nut

screwball

crank

nut case

crackpot

loopy

nutcase

nutter

schmuck

coffee ring

Früchtebrot

bonkers

schtoonk

buggy

crackers

kook

loco

Translations

cake

Fruchtkuchen

pastel de fruta

Obstkuchen

écrou

excentrique

manivelle

mattoide

pazzoide

picchiatello

bicha

🪱

viado

boiola

puto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹuːt.keɪk/

Etymology

Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952.