fruitcake

/ˌfrutˈkeɪk/

/ˈfrutkeɪk/

Other forms: fruitcakes

Definitions of fruitcake

1. noun

   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. noun

   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