单词 | fogeyish |
释义 | fogeyishadj. Characteristic of or resembling a fogey (fogey n. 2); likely to appeal to a fogey; old-fashioned, antiquated. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc. old-fashioned1596 musty1603 mildewed1605 fusty1609 wormy1611 frumpy1746 fossila1770 arriéré1814 has-been1819 Rip Van Winkleish1829 frumpish1847 archaistic1850 fogey1852 fogeyish1852 old fogeyish1853 rusty-fusty1864 mossbacked1876 dead-handed1928 Victorian1934 unhep1939 unhip1939 dinosaurian1943 square1946 dinosaur-like1947 dinosauric1977 analogue1993 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25 Nov. 11/1 The stigma of fogeyish eccentricism. 2004 V. McDermid Torment of Others (2005) 263 The boy biker look had been replaced by a faintly fogeyish tweed jacket, faded jeans and a crew-neck cotton sweater.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). < adj.1852 |
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