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
Why not bake the fruitcake inside a carapace of dough?
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John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
Ever since Queen Victoria’s time, a rich fruitcake has been the English wedding cake of choice, Cairns explains.
—Lyndsey Matthews, Town & Country, 21 Apr. 2021
The naan stuffing tasted like a chana masala and a fruitcake that had gotten into a bar fight.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
Judging panel described the Triple Wood as exhibiting: A summer Turkish delight of sweet raisin, marmalade and orange blossom aromas with a rich fruitcake palate, hints of brown sugar and honey, with a creamy toffee texture on the finish.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
Ever since Queen Victoria’s time, a rich fruitcake has been the English wedding cake of choice, Cairns explains.
—Lyndsey Matthews, Town & Country, 21 Apr. 2021
The naan stuffing tasted like a chana masala and a fruitcake that had gotten into a bar fight.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
Judging panel described the Triple Wood as exhibiting: A summer Turkish delight of sweet raisin, marmalade and orange blossom aromas with a rich fruitcake palate, hints of brown sugar and honey, with a creamy toffee texture on the finish.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruitcake
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Foreman was one of the last living crossover theatrical eccentrics, an outsider artist whose philosophically rigorous work for downtown micro-audiences alternated with engagements at Lincoln Center and the Festival d’Automne, in Paris.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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My dedication, to help the waifs and strays and eccentrics of the music world together, continues to this day.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2024
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How did the character of Joel—who is not a straightforward psychopath, if there is such a thing—come to you?—
Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2025
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As 40,000 acres burn, animals are incinerated alive and the human death toll rises, only a psychopath would look for advantage.—
Sabrina Haake,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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And Blue voiced the character named Kiara, who is the daughter of both.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Visually stunning, masterfully edited, and the culmination of seven years of filming, The Treasure Hunter crafts the portrait of a memorable and agonizingly familiar character.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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Both arenas are designed around performers, sometimes made to look the fool and other times a noble voice of the people, but where one lands always depends on the moment in which a joke or plea is delivered.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
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Don’t let the shiny patent black leather fool you, though.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Feb. 2025
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Bobby Kennedy and his crackpot ideas will do great harm to Americans.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2025
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The outfit has been populated with some of the worst crackpots and conspiracy theorists, and its anti-Western orientation is matched only by its reliable antisemitism.—
The Editors,
National Review,
9 Jan. 2025
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Where Brits feel like suspicious maniacs—one of the most rewarding things about UK Traits is seeing relatively clever people so certain in their wrongness—Americans are lambs to the slaughter, bound up in factions blind to internal threats.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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Will Amanda LaRusso finally become a karate maniac in these final episodes?—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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Roasted tomatoes and halved gooseberries nestle in a pool of kefir and roasted kale oil; avocado wedges rolled in roasted seeds and nuts are separated by sorrel leaves; pea tips and tendrils garnish a stack of fried cheese dumplings.—
Garrett Snyder,
Los Angeles Magazine,
18 July 2017
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Meanwhile, people are on the dance floor going nuts.—
Ron Hart,
Esquire,
6 July 2017
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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 28 Feb. 2025.
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