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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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To take her mind off him, Agathe meets an Austen-like family of eccentrics running the retreat and the sometimes pretentious writers attending it.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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But the settlers’ belief in the value of public goods and embrace of independent thinkers remain woven into the character of the city, which continues to attract artists, eccentrics and writers.—
Isabelle Taft,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
Noun
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Yet, the effect can be similar to how a human psychopath might feign emotion to achieve their goals.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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But also that is absolutely the kind of insane leap a psychopath would make!—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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For one final time, there is cause to raise a glass to a character who, for better and worse, is the club’s player of the season.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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And, of course, with my character there wasn’t a lot there.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
27 May 2025
Noun
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These could be people that play Devil’s advocate or, like Shakespeare’s fools, challenge ideas and thinking.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Flecks of mica and pyrite and who knows what, but only fools and greenhorns mistake it for gold.—
John Archibald,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
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In his last, most pathetic years, Mark Twain threw himself behind the crackpot theory that the true author of Shakespeare’s plays may have been Francis Bacon.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 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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The fact that death itself is the protagonist, rather than some mask-wearing homicidal maniac, is what gives these films their morbid allure.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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And a perilous Purge situation flooding the streets with maniacs?—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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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 4 Jun. 2025.
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