Noun: fogey
| Singular | fogey |
| Plural | fogies; fogeys |
Sample Sentences
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[T]he old fogies, as you call them, at Bays’s, are some of the first gentlemen in England, of whom you youngsters had best learn a little manners, and a little breeding, and a little modesty. [1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 45, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:]
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We attribute the use of the word Fogey, by so accomplished a scholar as Mr. Beecher, to the influence of Hoosierism, acquired during a long residence in Indiana—and as used by him, applied to human beings, “old Fogeys” in a serious discourse, meaning by inference, a class of independent old gentlemen, who understand matters and things—are peculiarly prejudiced in their own forms and uses; and who adhere to the old paths of conformity to established customs. [1852 August 26, “Editor’s Table”, in The Opal, volume II, number 8, Utica, New York, United States, page 221:]
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"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." [1926, Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd:]
Nouns inflected like fogey
smokey,
hostess trolley,
cartooney,
spirit money,
curtsey,
fogey,
money,
covey,
ghost money,
jarvey,
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.