Definition of "fruitcake" []

• A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits. (noun)
• Slang A crazy or an eccentric person: "a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas” ( John Strahinich). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In a fruitcake related side note, the competitive eating record for fruitcake is 4-lbs 14-oz eaten in 10 minutes."
• ""Do you really need to ask why fruitcake is at the very bottom of the barrel?""
• "A real fruitcake is always very moist, but a little rum makes them heavenly."