fruitcakey
fruitcakey adjective: resembling or characteristic of fruitcake.
Adjective
fruitcakey (comparative more fruitcakey, superlative most fruitcakey)
- Resembling or characteristic of fruitcake.
- Sweet oak is mixed in with a sympathetic hand, and the palate follows with plenty of ripe fruitcakey flavour that’s smooth and the ripe tannins are reasonably easy on the gums.2002, Huon Hooke, Ralph Kyte-Powell, The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2002/2003, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 212
- Russian or Imperial stout, originally brewed in London in the 18th century, is a rich, intense, fruitcakey brew.2004, Stuart Walton, The Bartender’s Guide to Cocktails & Mixed Drinks: A Complete Encyclopedia of Spirits, Liqueurs, Wine, Beer and Mixers with Instructions for Making 600 Drinks, New York, N.Y....
- Crazy or eccentric.
- The reason there was never a Jerry Lee Lewis–type scandal, the columnist suggested, was that Jerry Lee and Elvis were “very different people. Jerry Lee Lewis always had a public persona of being a very wild, crazy, nutty, fruitcakey kind of guy.[…]”1997, Suzanne Finstad, Child Bride: The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 166
- He might not have been as fruitcakey as me and imagined seeing fairies, but after the whole Rachel scare, he’d looked sort of spaced.2004, Karen McCombie, “Splasharama”, in Meet the Real World, Rachel (Stella Etc.), London: Scholastic, →ISBN, page 35
Examples of fruitcakey in a sentence
- The great châteaux achieve this superbly: they are full, rich, and concentrated, chocolaty and fruitcakey.2007, Tom Stevenson, The Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia, 4th edition, Dorling Kindersley, →ISBN, page 110:
- To continue with those dark, fruitcakey winter beers at this moment seems like an admission of defeat.2015, Randy Mosher, Beer for All Seasons: A Through-the-Year Guide to What to Drink and When to Drink It, North Adams, Mass.: Storey...
- Rich and fruity but light in body with plenty of rich fruitcakey flavors, toffee, and chocolate raisins.2015, Joe Clark, Stuart Derrick, The Ultimate Book of Whiskey: Over 300 Single Malts, Blends, Bourbons and Ryes from Around the World...
- The slightly fruitcakey right-bank bordeaux has a richness that marries well with the rich food.2017, Victoria Moore, The Wine Dine Dictionary: Good Food and Good Wine: An A–Z of Suggestions for Happy Eating and Drinking, London...
Forms of fruitcakey
| comparative | more fruitcakey |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fruitcakey |
| alternative form | fruit-cakey |
| alternative form | fruitcaky |
Origin of fruitcakey
From fruitcake + -y.
Questions about fruitcakey
- What does fruitcakey mean?
- Fruitcakey means resembling or characteristic of fruitcake.
- How do you use fruitcakey in a sentence?
- The great châteaux achieve this superbly: they are full, rich, and concentrated, chocolaty and fruitcakey.
- What part of speech is fruitcakey?
- Fruitcakey is an adjective.
Words near fruitcakey in the dictionary
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