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fuddy-duddery

fuddy-duddery noun: an action or view associated with a fuddy-duddy.

Noun

fuddy-duddery (uncountable)

An action or view associated with a fuddy-duddy.
- The ban on splitting infinitives is fuddy-duddery, pure and simple.
- Now nothing would have been easier than to let all this sag into a compendium of antiquarian fuddy-duddery. Instead, the dry bones stir into flesh-and-blood issues vital to our time.1936, “The Man of the Month: Samuel Eliot Morison”, in The Atlantic, volume 158, page 384

Examples of fuddy-duddery in a sentence

Thank you and congratulations for your invigorating articles on decimal coinage and the reform of our national accounts (January 18th issue) - two notable blows in the fight against fuddy-duddery!1958, N. K. Easton, “Appreciation”, in The Accountant, volume 138, page 135:
"Do you believe in this outmoded piece of fuddy-duddery called monogamy, eh?1973, Fergus Macpherson, One Finger, page 175:

Origin of fuddy-duddery

From fuddy-duddy + -ery.

Questions about fuddy-duddery

What does fuddy-duddery mean?: Fuddy-duddery means an action or view associated with a fuddy-duddy.
How do you use fuddy-duddery in a sentence?: Thank you and congratulations for your invigorating articles on decimal coinage and the reform of our national accounts (January 18th issue) - two notable blows in the fight against fuddy-duddery!
What part of speech is fuddy-duddery?: Fuddy-duddery is a noun.

Words near fuddy-duddery in the dictionary

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