fogy
noun
an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded byold ).
fogyish
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a word derived from
fogy.
Example Sentences
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Letter writer Roger Walton's admonition that one must "show some respect" by dressing up for the opera or the theater reflects a fogyish, aristocratic, East Coast preoccupation with what is "done" and "not done."
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2015
On the other hand," Patricia always looked like a young saint, rather a wild one, to be sure, when she spoke of Burke, "I'm proud of my defiance of stupid limitations and fogyish ideals.
From The Shield of Silence by George Loughridge
Stupid, rusty, foggyish and fogyish regulations, so perfectly in harmony with the general ignorance of what ought to be the staff of an army!
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
April 20.—The generation crowding on this fogyish one will sit in court of justice over the evil-doers, over the helpless, over the egotists who are to-day at work.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
I won't have you call yourself old—or fogyish, either!
From Raspberry Jam by Carolyn Wells
