fruitcake

Etymology
From, first use appears c. 1687. Sense of a crazy person, c. 1952 (predated by, c. 1911-12).

Noun

 * 1) A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
 * 2)  A crazy or eccentric person.
 * 3)  A homosexual male.
 * 1)  A homosexual male.
 * 1)  A homosexual male.
 * 1)  A homosexual male.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 乾果蛋糕
 * Mandarin: 乾果蛋糕
 * Dutch: fruitcake
 * Esperanto: fruktokuko, fruktkuko
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Früchtekuchen
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: παλάθη
 * Irish: císte torthaí
 * Japanese: フルーツケーキ
 * Maori: keke huarākau
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, фрукто́вый пиро́г
 * Swedish: fruktkaka
 * Turkish: meyveli kek
 * Yiddish: פֿרוכטקוכן, ענגלישער קוכן


 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: strangulo
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:, , ,


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian:,  ,  ,
 * Swedish:

Etymology
Compound of.

Noun

 * A, cake flavored with fruit.