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Definition of Fogeyish
1. Adjective. Characteristic of or resembling an old fogey: outdated or out of touch ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fogeyish
1. fogey [adj] - See also: fogey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fogeyish
Literary usage of Fogeyish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"Weather by fogeyish fifty dreaded You quietly confront—bareheaded. The north wind
cuts one like a razor, But fervent zeal is like a geyser, And WILLIAM'S ..."
2. Dwight's Journal of Music by John Sullivan Dwight (1860)
"... and the opera (pronounced dull, rococo, old-fogeyish, &c., in New York and
Philadelphia), was received throughout with every sign of enthusiasm. ..."
3. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1880)
"I know of more than one headache traceable to these doings, and, while fully
assenting to the proverb that boys will be boys, I am churlish and fogeyish ..."
4. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1890)
"It is a game For manhood to enjoy his strength, And age to wear away in, thus
differing from football, but not necessarily becoming fogeyish. ..."
5. Biographical Lectures by George Dawson (1887)
"... they have got so far that they believe Priestley has become old-fashioned,
sound, orthodox, antiquated, fogeyish, as compared with their advanced ideas. ..."
6. The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art, and Literature edited by J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish (1893)
"... and led its business men to discard the recognized business methods as " old
fogeyish." A feverish gambling tendency possessed everyone. ..."
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