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codgerhood

codgerhood noun: the quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.

Noun

codgerhood (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.
    • I am feeling a touch of performance anxiety. James Brewer has already knocked down my sense of agelessness a notch or two with the news that my brain is shrinking. Now I am subjecting myself to a test that might reveal me to be prematurely transforming into mental codger-hood.2009 May, David Ewing Duncan, “Experimental Brain”, in Corey S. Powell, Patrice G. Adcroft, Michael F. Di Ioia, editors, Discover, page 67

Synonyms of codgerhood

Origin of codgerhood

From codger + -hood.

Questions about codgerhood

What does codgerhood mean?
Codgerhood means the quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.
What part of speech is codgerhood?
Codgerhood is a noun.

Words near codgerhood in the dictionary

  1. Codford
  2. codge
  3. codged
  4. codger
  5. codger-hood
  6. codgerhood
  7. codgerly
  8. codgers
  9. codges
  10. codgier
  11. codgiest

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