FOGYISH

fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy

(adjective) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned; “moss-grown ideas about family life”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

fogyish (comparative more fogyish, superlative most fogyish)

Characteristic of a fogy

Synonyms

• old-fogyish

Source: Wiktionary



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