fogey
English
/ˈfoʊɡi/, /ˈfəʊɡi/
noun
Definitions
- A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow.
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots foggie (mossy, covered with moss lichen), foggie (mossy, covered with moss lichen), fog (moss, lichen) suffix from English fog (moss).
Origin
English
fog
Gloss
moss
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifog English
- befog English
- chemofog English
- defog English
- fibrofog English
- fog English
- fog line English
- fogbank English
- fogbound English
- fogdom English
- fogeydom English
- fogeyhood English
- fogeyish English
- fogeyism English
- fogfall English
- fogfruit English
- foggable English
- foggage English
- fogger English
- foggy English
- foghorn English
- foglamp English
- fogless English
- foglike English
- fogman English
- fogscape English
- prefog English
- unfog English
- fog Danish
- fog Scots
- foggie Scots