fruitcake

fruit·cake

 (fro͞ot′kāk′)

n.

1. A heavy spiced cake containing nuts, candied or dried fruits, and often rum or brandy.

2. Slang A crazy or an eccentric person: "a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas" (John Strahinich).

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fruitcake

(ˈfruːtˌkeɪk)

n

1. (Cookery) a rich cake containing mixed dried fruit, lemon peel, nuts, etc

2. slang chiefly Brit a person considered to be eccentric or insane

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fruit•cake

(ˈfrutˌkeɪk)
n.

1. a rich cake containing candied fruit, nuts, spices, etc.

2. Slang. a crazy or eccentric person.

[1840–50]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fruitcake - a whimsically eccentric person   crackpot, nut case, screwball, crank, nut eccentric, eccentric person, oddball, flake, geek - a person with an unusual or odd personality
	2.	fruitcake - a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat Christmas cake - a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas simnel - a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas

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Translations

panfrutto

фрукт

fruitcake

[ˈfruːtkeɪk] N

1. (Culin) → tarta f de frutas

2. (= eccentric person) → chiflado/a m/f
he's as nutty as a fruitcake → está más loco que una cabra, está loco de atar

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fruitcake

[ˈfruːtˌkeɪk] n → plumcake m inv (fam) (person) → picchiatello/a

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