1
as in lunatic
a person having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind
he agreed to an evaluation so they could see he wasn't a fruitcake
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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
Someone made a fruitcake with marzipan icing.
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Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
In Ireland, when a woman makes a fruitcake, there’s no turning back.
—Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Most fruitcakes are made with rum or brandy, which are both wonderful spirits for this old-fashioned dessert.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
The bakery’s classic Christmas stollen—a traditional German fruitcake with marzipan and powdered sugar—is another crowd favorite.
—Taryn White, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
In Ireland, when a woman makes a fruitcake, there’s no turning back.
—Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
Most fruitcakes are made with rum or brandy, which are both wonderful spirits for this old-fashioned dessert.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
The bakery’s classic Christmas stollen—a traditional German fruitcake with marzipan and powdered sugar—is another crowd favorite.
—Taryn White, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruitcake
Noun
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Robert Redford delivers folksy wisdom as a local eccentric who once had his own dragon encounter, and even Karl Urban’s greedy logger is more of a nuisance than an outright villain.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Attracting talent for greater innovation hazards acquiring a few eccentrics whose gifts come wrapped in controversial packaging.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The first introduced the audience to the cast of the film: Sally Hawkins, playing a kindly foster mother who — as Danny introduced her — might be a psychopath, Billy Barratt and Sora Wong as her two new foster kids, and Jonah Wren Phillips as her younger, troubled foster son.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
31 Mar. 2025
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In separate filings, the defense is also asking the court to limit the use of the words murder, psychopath and sociopath.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Yes, one of the teenaged plane crash survivors and Yellowjackets team members who has become a more prominent character in the past timeline over the course of season 3.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Over time, though, the character began to resemble Warner Bros. Discovery president David Zaslav, who famously sought to permanently shelve projects like Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme for tax write-offs.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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True leaders are known for building things, fools for destroying them.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
15 Apr. 2025
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The mix of Greek mythology, robots and mechanical flying scorpions is a little all over the place, but my son was plenty entertained by Scooby and Shaggy’s ability to act like bumbling fools one minute and brave heroes the next.—
Dina Gachman,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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That’s what Elliot (Rudd) and his daughter Ridley (Ortega) confront while on a journey to a retreat hosted by Elliot’s greedy crackpot boss (Grant).—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
21 Mar. 2025
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With Mickey 17, Pattinson doubles down (literally) on the crackpot touches and gives Bong’s follow-up to Parasite a true sense of unpredictable, undeniable lunacy.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That joke might be fine if everyone in Smash were a maniac.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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And one week after his party homicidal maniacs had started a war that, among a great many other shocking and despicable things, had alienated his daughter from him and from her family and people.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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But this time, his front-right tire was slow to come off, seemingly as the wheel gun did not connect with the wheel nut on the first attempt.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Botanically the fruit is a drupe, not a nut.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Texturally, the series is best categorized as a psycho-thriller, but the design of the episodes is never redundant.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
17 Mar. 2023
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Another summer, another hook-wielding psycho killer — and maybe some familiar faces too.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2023
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“Fruitcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruitcake. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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