noun
fogey
Fogey (noun) means a person, often an older man, whose ideas and attitudes are old-fashioned and very conservative.
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A person, often an older man, whose ideas and attitudes are old-fashioned and very conservative.
""You've heard of him, of course?" "I'm rather an old fogey, as Caroline tells me," I said, "but I have just heard of him.""
— Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Scots foggie, fogie (noun), perhaps derived from Scots foggie (“covered with moss or lichen; mossy", hence "old, antiquated, decrepit”, adjective), from Scots fog (“moss; lichen”), equivalent to fog (“moss”) + -y. Further origin uncertain. More at fog.
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What is the meaning of fogey?
"fogey" (noun) means a person, often an older man, whose ideas and attitudes are old-fashioned and very conservative.
What is another word for fogey?
Other words for "fogey" include dodo, fogy, fossil.
