Fogy

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  • noun. A person of stodgy or old-fashioned habits and attitudes.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A slow or dull fellow; an old-fashioned or very conservative person; one who is averse to change or novelty: usually with the epithet old.
  • noun. An invalid or garrison soldier.
  • noun. Extra pay for long service.
  • noun. Also written fogie, fogey.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old; an old fogy.
  • noun. In the United States service, extra pay granted to officers for length of service.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of fogey.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone whose style is out of fashion
    • Word Usage
    "Then again, at least Milner is trying to be of use; he's an old-fashioned kind of fogy that way."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    golden ager  old person  oldster  senior citizen  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Muskogee  Yogi  bogey  hoagie  hoagy  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    banality  blowhard  days!  duffer  ex-governor  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Methuselah  antediluvian  antique  back number  conservationist  
    variant
    fogey  fogie  old fogy  
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