Fruitcake

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈfɹuːt.keɪk/

Alternative forms

• fruit-cake
• fruit cake

Origin

From fruit + cake, 1854. Sense of crazy person 1952 (predated by nutty as a fruitcake, 1914).

Full definition of fruitcake

Noun

1. A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
2. (chiefly US and Canada, colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
• 1952, Mickey Spillane, Kiss me Deadly, p 7:Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake.
3. (US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A male homosexual.