fogey

plural fogies · plural fogeys · alternative Fogey · alternative fogy · alternative fogie

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

   "You've heard of him, of course?" "I'm rather an old fogey, as Caroline tells me," I said, "but I have just heard of him."

   1926, Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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   [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 1849–1850, →OCLC

   We attribute the use of the word Fogey, by so accomplished a scholar as Mr. Beecher, to the influence of Hoosierism, acquired during a long residence in Indiana—and as used by him, applied to human beings, “old Fogeys” in a serious discourse, meaning by inference, a class of independent old gentlemen, who understand matters and things—are peculiarly prejudiced in their own forms and uses; and who adhere to the old paths of conformity to established customs.

   1852 August 28, “Editor’s Table”, in The Opal, volume II, number 8, Utica, New York, United States, page 221

   Synonyms: old fogey

plural Fogeys

1. alternativeAlternative form of fogey.