fogey

[ foh-gee ]

noun

, plural fo·geys.

1. a variant of fogy.

fogey

/ ˈfəʊɡɪ /

noun

1. an extremely fussy, old-fashioned, or conservative person (esp in the phrase old fogey )

Derived Forms

• ˈfogeyish, adjective
• ˈfogeyism, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fogey¹

C18: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

In this way this old fogey thought to stroke my beard with honey, as the Germans say.

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I came here to look after the estate, and here I have grown old—an old fogey, in fact.

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Now run away to your golf and leave an old fogey to worry the thing out as best he can.

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But when my slightly contemptuous companion spoke I had no answer, felt out of date and dull, a fogey and an idle man.

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One old German fogey wanted to have all the letters on the German typewriters changed to German script.

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