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as in lunatics
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 eccentrics
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 fruitcakes
Today, more than 2 million fruitcakes are sold in the United States each year, with 20,000 a day coming from one small town in Texas.
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Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
Baked goods will include 16 varieties of holiday cookies, stollen, fruitcakes, caramel corn and take-and-bake pecan rolls.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 28 Nov. 2025
In Roman times, soldiers ate fruitcakes made from barley, nuts, pomegranate seeds and honey.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
Baked goods will include 16 varieties of holiday cookies, stollen, fruitcakes, caramel corn and take-and-bake pecan rolls.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 28 Nov. 2025
In Roman times, soldiers ate fruitcakes made from barley, nuts, pomegranate seeds and honey.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruitcakes
Noun
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The lunatics who attacked the seat of government to try to change the outcome of a free and fair election are not patriots.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Parents know these woke lunatics are bullies.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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The logger and railsplitter occasionally encounters American eccentrics, like a chatty drifter prone to sporting bible verses and an old coot of a demolitions expert with a philosophical bent.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Nov. 2025
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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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Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The next slide showed a mouthwatering array of meats, cheeses, crudite and nuts set for snacking on, along with bottles of Haack's champagne line, Clé Cachée, chilling behind an array of glasses.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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For instance, nuts, seeds, nut butters, and chocolate are more prone to oxidation, which can lead to rancid flavors or a gritty texture.—
Bridget Shirvell,
Martha Stewart,
8 Jan. 2026
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The fools of twenty-first-century Western imperialism possessed little of the historical literacy, let alone the moral sophistication, of Arendt, Weil, and Camus.—
Victor J. Blue,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
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The mind wants desperately to connect with a person—and fools itself into seeing one in a machine.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Fruitcakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruitcakes. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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