old fogy
noun
a person who is excessively old-fashioned in attitude, ideas, manners, etc.
old-fogyish
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a word derived from
old fogy.
Example Sentences
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Wasp-waisted Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek agrees with President Roosevelt that the present is no time for old-fogyish, orthodox finance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gone from the front page are the old-fogyish editorial cartoons, as well as the proclamation that this is the "American Paper for Americans."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ethel did not care a pin for them or their opinion; if they chose to be old-fogyish and disagreeable, they were quite welcome to indulge their fancy.
From Princess by M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland
To commit blindly to memory precious forms of truth, which the wise and good have hived for the use of the race, is poohed at as old-fogyish.
From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by John S. (John Seely) Hart
Simplicity and sincerity, whether in dress, in speech, or in conduct, have so long been foreign to our daily living and thinking that we incline to style these qualities as old-fogyish.
From The Reconstructed School by Francis B. Pearson
