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
In Roman times, soldiers ate fruitcakes made from barley, nuts, pomegranate seeds and honey.
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Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 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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Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 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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Appealing to consumers searching for a piece of history, the store has gained a following of visitors hunting for unique souvenirs, designers on inspiration trips and local eccentrics.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Phillips croons about a mother’s bond with her child as Swinton walks off, her character freshly wrecked by a visit with her son in prison.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Most of your favorite characters, including Will, are returning, too — just not the same actors.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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One study showed that eating more legumes, nuts, and seeds was linked to fewer GERD symptoms.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
9 Nov. 2025
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Hearty salads with protein like nuts or cheese can help vegetarians round out their plates without meat.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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So like Janet Mills, crackpot fellow traveler Jared Golden was getting muscled… from the left.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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There’s also a subplot involving an elderly cancer patient, a pizza restaurant that doesn’t deliver outside of the city, and a crackpot scheme to move the city-limit sign down the highway so that Clara’s crush can get his grandpa’s favorite pie sent to their home.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 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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Savalas, a veteran actor who’d shortly become a ’70s TV icon as the star of Kojak, is locked into the film’s spirit, playing Leandro as a menacing, lollipop-sucking weirdo who offers occasional flashes of a knowing twinkle in his eye.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Some of the best collaborations ahead will come from unexpected DMs and late-night debates with your fellow weirdos.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Fruitcake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruitcake. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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