fruitcake

Substantivin Dialogen belegt

Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈfɹuːt.keɪk//

A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.

Substantiv

1
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
2
A crazy or eccentric person.
Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake.
One of the loafers kept calling down, "Hey you, Blondie, you like fruitcake kids like that?"
"Ukip is sort of a bunch of … fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists mostly," Mr Cameron told LBC radio.
3
veraltendA homosexual male.

Herkunft

Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952.

Formen

Plural: fruitcakes

frozen · Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.fruit · A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically Fruit · A surname.

fruitcake · A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.

frustrated · Foiled, stopped, disappointed.frustrating · Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive…frustration · The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or…

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