FRUITCAKE


Meaning of FRUITCAKE in English

fruit ‧ cake /ˈfruːtkeɪk/ BrE AmE noun

1 . [uncountable and countable] a cake that has dried fruit in it

2 . [countable] informal someone who is mentally ill or behaves in a strange way:

He’s an absolute fruitcake.

You really are nutty as a fruitcake (=crazy) .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.