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fogeyish

fogeyish adjective: characteristic of or resembling an old fogey: outdated or out of touch.

Adjective

fogeyish (comparative more fogeyish, superlative most fogeyish)

  1. Characteristic of or resembling an old fogey: outdated or out of touch
    • You're getting a bit fogeyish, you know.
    Synonyms:
    geezery

Synonyms of fogeyish

Forms of fogeyish

comparativemore fogeyish
superlativemost fogeyish

Origin of fogeyish

From fogey + -ish.

Words formed from fogeyish

Questions about fogeyish

What does fogeyish mean?
Fogeyish means characteristic of or resembling an old fogey: outdated or out of touch.
What part of speech is fogeyish?
Fogeyish is an adjective.

Words near fogeyish in the dictionary

  1. Fogertys
  2. foges
  3. fogey
  4. fogeydom
  5. fogeyhood
  6. fogeyish
  7. fogeyishly
  8. fogeyishness
  9. fogeyism
  10. fogeyisms
  11. fogeys

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