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fogy (iou)



fogy noun & adjective. . L18.
[Rel. to FOGRAM.]
A. noun.
An elderly or decrepit person, esp. one with old-fashioned or conservative ideas. Chiefly old fogy. derog. (orig. Scot.). L18.
young fogy a young person with markedly conservative tastes or ideas.
J. Rae Some old fogey they have dragged out of retirement.
An invalid or garrison soldier. Scot. (obsolete exc. Hist.). L18.
b. adjective. Antiquated in ideas or outlook; fogyish. derog. M19.
Sunday Telegraph The reactionary and Fogey elements at the Vatican.
fogydom noun the condition of a fogy M19.
fogyish adjective resembling or characteristic of a fogy L19.
fogyism noun the ideas or condition of a fogy M19.