fruitcake

noun

ˈfrüt-ˌkāk How to pronounce fruitcake (audio)
Definition of fruitcakenext
as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits children in the neighborhood once regarded the reclusive scientist as a fruitcake

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Recent Examples of fruitcake Lady Whistledown is coming to The Sims, and she’s getting welcomed with all of the fruitcake. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 May 2026 Baked goods Baked goods like cakes, cookies, pies, fruitcake, brownies and other items are permitted through security checkpoint. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025 Unlike grandma’s fruitcake, the Spurs’ Christmas Day victory still tastes sweet two weeks into January. — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2026 But fruitcake has been at historic events for centuries, including Princess Diana and King Charles’ wedding and a trip to the moon on Apollo 11. — Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fruitcake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruitcake
  1. eccentric
  2. character
  3. nut
  4. crackpot
  5. wacko
  6. nutter
  7. nutcase
  8. weirdo
Noun
  • With its loose ends and digressions, Dream Me a Dream stays true to those idiosyncratic instincts while retaining enough of the welcoming glow of Dance of Love to make this an affecting farewell from an endearing eccentric.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026
  • The eccentric cuz is quick to try and help Bobby solve problems, which often gets him into trouble, but ultimately pushes him out of his shell.
    — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026
Definition of eccentric
Noun
  • There was a small card with a graphic that pictured Wiley walking in the middle of Bluey and Bingo, two characters from the show.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Her refusal to sugarcoat the interior and exterior lives of her characters, whether enslaved or traumatized by the past — by events in American history — was purposeful.
    — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of character
Noun
  • Foods with natural oils or fats, like olive oil, whole grains, and nut butters, are especially vulnerable to heat damage.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026
  • But are there any downsides to consuming this nut spread regularly?
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 1 July 2026
Definition of nut
Noun
  • Artists have always used music to question authority and expose the cracks (and the crackpots) in the American story.
    — Time, Time, 6 May 2026
  • In one corner, the heartless girlboss; in the other, the crackpot conspiracy theorist (who just happens to be more sympathetic and charismatic than such types usually are).
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Definition of crackpot
Noun
  • People who see ghosts tend to see the same ghost wafting down the same staircase, but none of the characters populating Leo’s wacko hallucinations have returned for a repeat perfor-mance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • This wacko crew was one of the greatest things in the history of television.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of wacko
Noun
  • Whit’s Frozen Custard is known for its flavor of the day calendar, with rich custards running the decadent range from fluffer nutter cookie, carrot cake, and mint cookies ‘n cream to Biscoff cookie butter and banana nut bread.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
  • Lloyd Hansen is his exit strategy, and this nutter will stop at nothing to snuff Six and steal the drive.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 July 2022
Definition of nutter
Noun
  • Video testimony provided other repudiations of Eastman’s nutcase legal theory.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 June 2022
  • Ma Seok-do (Ma) is still with the Geumcheon Police Major Crimes Unit, arriving to help his fellow officers deal with a knife-wielding nutcase who’s taken hostages at a corner store.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 June 2022
Definition of nutcase
Noun
  • Richard Dreyfuss stars as an Indiana electric lineman/dad who gets discombobulated after a light from a passing UFO compels him to do weirdo things — like build a mountain replica inside of his home.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • Himes’ novels, like Riley’s films, also run on a bench of eccentric weirdos.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
Definition of weirdo

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