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Definition of Fuddy-duddy
1. Noun. A conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance. "You may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun"
Definition of Fuddy-duddy
1. Noun. (US informal) An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fuddy-duddy
Literary usage of Fuddy-duddy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Hélène Churchill, you can lead your class all you want to with your silk-lined
manners and your fuddy-duddy book-talk; but when genteel people like you are ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Simon 1980 criticizes an American book for using it; he calls it obsolescent and
slightly fuddy-duddy. It turns up occasionally: according to the system ..."
3. Players of the Present by John Bouvé Clapp, Edwin Francis Edgett (1899)
"Nevertheless, Mr. Abbe continued to work on the costume till it satisfied him,
while his companion laughed at him for a " fuddy-duddy. ..."
4. Wit and Wisdom: A Public Affairs Miscellany by Colin Bingham (1982)
"JOHN STUART MILL AN EASTERN SAYING The public thinks of intellectuals as fuddy-duddy
dreamers, but when it comes to the cut-and-thrust and the kick in the ..."
5. Adventure Guide to the Pacific Northwest by Don Young, Marjorie Young (1999)
"... candy shops: Depoe Bay Candy Shoppe (« 503/765- 2727) at Bay Street and US
101, Fuddy Duddy Fudge (« 503/765- 2878) on US 101 north of Clarke Street, ..."
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