"fruitcake" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹuːt.keɪk/ [UK] Audio: En-us-fruitcake.ogg Forms: fruitcakes [plural]
Etymology: From fruit + cake, first use appears c. 1687. Sense of a crazy person, c. 1952 (predated by nutty as a fruitcake, c. 1911-12). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fruit|cake}} fruit + cake Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fruitcake (countable and uncountable, plural fruitcakes)
  1. A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries, LGBTQ, People Translations (cake): παλάθη (paláthē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), 乾果蛋糕 (Chinese Cantonese), 干果蛋糕 (gon¹ gwo² daan⁶ gou¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 乾果蛋糕 (Chinese Mandarin), 干果蛋糕 (gānguǒ dàngāo) (Chinese Mandarin), fruitcake [masculine] (Dutch), fruktokuko (Esperanto), fruktkuko [singular] (Esperanto), hedelmäkakku (Finnish), cake [masculine] (French), Früchtebrot [neuter] (German), Früchtekuchen [masculine] (German), císte torthaí [masculine] (Irish), plumcake [masculine] (Italian), panfrutto [masculine] (Italian), フルーツケーキ (furūtsukēki) (Japanese), keke huarākau (Maori), keks [masculine] (Polish), кекс (keks) [masculine] (Russian), фрукто́вый пиро́г (fruktóvyj piróg) [masculine] (Russian), fruktkaka [common-gender] (Swedish), meyveli kek (Turkish), פֿרוכטקוכן (frukhtkukhn) (Yiddish), ענגלישער קוכן (englisher kukhn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-fruitcake-en-noun-67HoFgsj Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 88 2 10 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 66 19 15 Disambiguation of People: 54 0 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 4 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 3 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 77 3 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 53 3 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 83 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 51 2 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 55 3 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 85 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 5 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 86 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 84 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 60 3 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 3 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 58 3 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 26 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 2 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 51 2 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 50 2 48 Disambiguation of 'cake': 100 0 0
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person. Tags: colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable Translations (crazy person): mafketel [masculine] (Dutch), mafkees [masculine] (Dutch), malloot [masculine] (Dutch), dwaas [masculine] (Dutch), strangulo [singular] (Esperanto), kaheli (Finnish), kahjo (Finnish), Verrückter [masculine] (German), Spinner [masculine] (German), псих (psix) [masculine] (Russian), toka (Swedish), tok (Swedish), galning (Swedish), knäppgök (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fruitcake-en-noun-t3~IO2EY Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 26 35 Disambiguation of 'crazy person': 9 91 0
  3. (US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male. Tags: US, colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): People Translations (homosexual): hintti (Finnish), Schwuchtel [derogatory, feminine] (German), bicha [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), boiola [masculine] (Portuguese), puto [masculine] (Portuguese), viado [masculine] (Portuguese), го́мик (gómik) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), пе́дик (pédik) [masculine, offensive] (Russian), пидора́с (pidorás) [masculine, offensive] (Russian), пи́дор (pídor) [masculine, offensive] (Russian), bög [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fruitcake-en-noun-REWhLZ1A Disambiguation of People: 54 0 46 Categories (other): American English, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 37 4 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 53 3 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 51 2 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 38 2 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 50 3 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 39 26 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 53 2 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 51 2 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 50 2 48 Disambiguation of 'homosexual': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fruit-cake, fruit cake Related terms: mince pie

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Alternative forms

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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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          "sense": "homosexual",
          "word": "hintti"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "homosexual",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schwuchtel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "homosexual",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bicha"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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          "sense": "homosexual",
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          "word": "boiola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "homosexual",
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          "word": "puto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "homosexual",
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          ],
          "word": "viado"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "gómik",
          "sense": "homosexual",
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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          "roman": "pédik",
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          "roman": "pidorás",
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            "offensive"
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          "word": "пидора́с"
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          "word": "пи́дор"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "homosexual",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɹuːt.keɪk/",
      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fruit-cake"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fruit cake"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fruitcake"
  ],
  "word": "fruitcake"
}
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    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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          "ref": "1952, Mickey Spillane, Kiss me Deadl, page 7:",
          "text": "Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake.",
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          "ref": "1962, Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, New York: Signet, published 1963, page 205:",
          "text": "One of the loafers kept calling down, \"Hey you, Blondie, you like fruitcake kids like that?\"",
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          "ref": "2006 April 4, Ros Taylor, quoting David Cameron, “Cameron refuses to apologise to Ukip”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
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        "(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person."
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        "(US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A homosexual male."
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "乾果蛋糕"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gon¹ gwo² daan⁶ gou¹",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "干果蛋糕"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "乾果蛋糕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gānguǒ dàngāo",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "干果蛋糕"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fruitcake"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "fruktokuko"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fruktkuko"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "hedelmäkakku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cake"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Früchtebrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Früchtekuchen"
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      "roman": "paláthē",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "císte torthaí"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plumcake"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panfrutto"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "furūtsukēki",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "フルーツケーキ"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "keke huarākau"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "keks"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "keks",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "кекс"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fruktóvyj piróg",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "фрукто́вый пиро́г"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cake",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fruktkaka"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "meyveli kek"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "frukhtkukhn",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "פֿרוכטקוכן"
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "englisher kukhn",
      "sense": "cake",
      "word": "ענגלישער קוכן"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mafketel"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mafkees"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malloot"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dwaas"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "strangulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "word": "kaheli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "word": "kahjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verrückter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spinner"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "psix",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "псих"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "word": "toka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "word": "tok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "word": "galning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crazy person",
      "word": "knäppgök"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "word": "hintti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwuchtel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bicha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boiola"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gómik",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "го́мик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pédik",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
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        "offensive"
      ],
      "word": "пе́дик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pidorás",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "offensive"
      ],
      "word": "пидора́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pídor",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "offensive"
      ],
      "word": "пи́дор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "homosexual",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bög"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fruitcake"
  ],
  "word": "fruitcake"
}

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