gi noun, plural fo·gies.
an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old ): The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century.
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| —n , pl -geys, -gies | |
| an extremely fussy, old-fashioned, or conservative person (esp in the phrase old fogey) | |
| [C18: of unknown origin] | |
| fogy or fogy | |
| —n | |
| [C18: of unknown origin] | |
| 'fogeyish or fogy | |
| —adj | |
| 'fogyish or fogy | |
| —adj | |
| 'fogeyism or fogy | |
| —n | |
| 'fogyism or fogy | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Fogy continued to exhibit these signs as he circled the car counter-clockwise.
Old fogy notions of propriety, according to her, did not hamper her in attaining- the goal she was determined to reach.
We have said good-bye to the old fogy school, and farewell alike to its musty dogmas and its rusty-jointed inertness.
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