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单词 fogeyish
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fogeyishadj.

Brit. /ˈfəʊɡɪɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfoʊɡiɪʃ/
Forms: see fogey n. and adj. and -ish suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fogey n., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < fogey n. + -ish suffix1.
Characteristic of or resembling a fogey (fogey n. 2); likely to appeal to a fogey; old-fashioned, antiquated.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc.
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Rip Van Winkleish1829
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archaistic1850
fogey1852
fogeyish1852
old fogeyish1853
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mossbacked1876
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1852 N.-Y. Daily Times 6 May Gen. Cass has been rendered unpopular by the various readings of his Nicholson letter, which is too foggy and too fogyish for the South.
1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. i. 44 Their club..now past its prime and a little fogyish.
1918 Weekly Northwestern Miller 14 Aug. 562/1 (advt.) Men who are conservative without being fogyish, and aggressive without being reckless.
1968 Atchinson (Kansas) Daily Globe 14 Oct. 1/3 My fogyish neighbor.
1983 Times 25 Nov. 11/1 The stigma of fogeyish eccentricism.
2004 V. McDermid Torment of Others (2005) 263 The boy biker look had been replaced by a faintly fogeyish tweed jacket, faded jeans and a crew-neck cotton sweater.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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