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fruitcake

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fruitcake

1
 n
a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on
2
 n
a whimsically eccentric person
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fruitcake
1

n a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on

Types:
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
Type of:
cake
baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
2

n a whimsically eccentric person

Synonyms:
crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, screwball
Type of:
eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball
a person with an unusual or odd personality
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