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
Baked goods will include 16 varieties of holiday cookies, stollen, fruitcakes, caramel corn and take-and-bake pecan rolls.
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Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The finish is long, sweet, and fruity with lingering fruitcake notes, dark chocolate, and a rich, oaky finish.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Even to a fruitcake skeptic, the cake recipes in Nature's Candy look delicious.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Someone made a fruitcake with marzipan icing.
—Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 28 Nov. 2025
The finish is long, sweet, and fruity with lingering fruitcake notes, dark chocolate, and a rich, oaky finish.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Even to a fruitcake skeptic, the cake recipes in Nature's Candy look delicious.
—Neda Ulaby, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Someone made a fruitcake with marzipan icing.
—Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruitcake
Noun
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As with all art forms, the world of nails offers something for everyone, from the austere to the eccentric.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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Also, Joan Cusack plays an infamous local eccentric, and a fictional pop star shows up!—
Mary Sollosi,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In effect, the role is that of an actor, and Moura’s charisma and that of his character converge.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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This show features an ensemble of newcomers and returning actors who play the hilarious and eclectic characters all around them on their musical journey.—
Sharon Hlapcich,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Antoine’s advancements in the propagation of pecan trees that produced high-quality pecans of reproducible form, then, resulted in these nuts being cultivated as a cash crop that could be mass produced.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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But the highlight is the bespoke smoothie bar, with a lip-smacking selection of fruit, seeds, milk, yogurt, and nuts, all blended together each morning.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The crackpots are the mainstream.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
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Rather than offer compassion or understanding, the mayor chose to repost a conspiratorial crackpot and a cruel, inaccurate meme.—
Dean Kertesz,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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This wacko crew was one of the greatest things in the history of television.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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His search takes him to a wacko cult in the desert run by a scamster, and that of course puts the sheriff in deadly danger.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Bits of bacon, mini hot-pockets, nutter butters and doritos.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
16 Jan. 2025
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Its founder was not a member of Congress but Paul Weyrich, a hard-right nutter with theocratic leanings with a fair claim to being the Johnny Appleseed of the New Right, having also co-founded the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.—
Timothy Noah,
The New Republic,
27 Mar. 2023
Noun
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That is enough to prompt scheduling a video chat with a purported demonologist (Laura Heisler) who does not seem a nutcase or charlatan.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
10 Aug. 2022
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Although My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) was made in 2020, before Libs of TikTok exposed school-teacher lunacy, writer-director Caroline Vignal proves prescient about the eccentricity that goes deeper than the profession’s nutcase radicalism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
27 July 2022
Noun
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The point was to create the conditions for a bunch of weirdos to sit around and ask questions of one another.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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Horror film Weapons and sports movie F1 both made it into the top category, while the weirdo Bugonia bolstered its chances for a nomination after being left off the SAG and the DGA’s big lists.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Fruitcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruitcake. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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