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fogeys

fogeys is the plural of fogey.

Meaning of fogey

Noun

fogey (plural fogies or fogeys)

  1. A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.
    • [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...
    Synonyms:
    old fogey

Noun capitalized: Fogeys

Fogeys

  1. (plural) plural of Fogey

Phrases with fogeys

Questions about fogeys

What is fogeys the plural of?
Fogeys is the plural of fogey.
What part of speech is fogeys?
Fogeys is a noun.

Words near fogeys in the dictionary

  1. fogeyish
  2. fogeyishly
  3. fogeyishness
  4. fogeyism
  5. fogeyisms
  6. fogeys
  7. fogfall
  8. fogfalls
  9. fogfruit
  10. fogfruits
  11. Fogg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fogeys (page history and authors); Fogeys (page history and authors); fogey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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