fuddydudn.
Used occasionally: = fuddy-duddy n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > age-related
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fuddy-duddy1904
fuddydud1914
1914 Dial. Notes 4 72 Fuddydud.., fussy person.
1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) ix. 167 ‘You old fuddydud,’ she finally teased him.
1967 Listener 2 Nov. 584/2 The Robust Individualist is too often a whimsical fuddydud born out of his time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1914- to let up
- to let up on
- to let walk
- to let well alone
- to let well enough alone
- to let well of
- to let worth
- to let yworth
- to let, furnished
- to level a person with , to, unto
- to level a person with now rare, to, unto
- to level a thing with , to, unto
- to level a thing with now rare, to, unto
- to level off
- to level one's aim
- to level out
- to level the playing field
- to level to or with the ground, in the dust
- to level up, down
- to level with , to, unto
- to level with now rare, to, unto
- to levy execution for
- to levy one's giblets
- to levy up
- to lez it up