codgerhood

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noun

The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.

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Meanings

nouncodgerhood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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: fogeydom, geezerdom, oldhood

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.

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Origin

From codger + -hood.

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APA

codgerhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codgerhood

MLA

“codgerhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codgerhood. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “codgerhood,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codgerhood.

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