fogy 音標拼音: [f'ogi]
n . 守舊者,趕不上時代的人
守舊者,趕不上時代的人
fogy n 1 :
someone whose style is out of fashion [
synonym : {
dodo }, {
fogy },
{
fogey }, {
fossil }]
Fogy \
Fo "
gy \,
n .;
pl . {
Fogies }.
1 .
A dull old fellow ;
a person behind the times ,
over -
conservative ,
or slow ; --
usually preceded by old ;
an {
old fogy }. [
Written also {
fogie }
and {
fogey }.] [
Colloq .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Notorious old bore ;
regular old fogy . --
Thackeray .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The word is said to be connected with the German vogt ,
a guard or protector .
By others it is regarded as a diminutive of folk (
cf .
D .
volkje ).
It is defined by Jamieson ,
in his Scottish Dictionary ,
as "
an invalid or garrison soldier ,"
and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin ,
which is called the Fogies '
Hospital .
In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term . --
Sir F .
Head .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Mil .)
In the United States service ,
extra pay granted to officers for length of service . [
Colloq .]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fogy ":
Methuselah ,
antediluvian ,
antique ,
back number ,
conservationist ,
conservatist ,
conservative ,
dad ,
diehard ,
dodo ,
dotard ,
elder ,
fossil ,
fud ,
fuddy -
duddy ,
granny ,
has -
been ,
laudator temporis acti ,
longhair ,
matriarch ,
mid -
Victorian ,
mossback ,
old believer ,
old crock ,
old dodo ,
old fart ,
old fogy ,
old liner ,
old man ,
old poop ,
old school ,
old woman ,
old -
timer ,
patriarch ,
pop ,
pops ,
reactionary ,
regular old fogy ,
relic ,
right -
winger ,
rightist ,
senile ,
square ,
standpat ,
standpatter ,
starets ,
stick -
in -
the -
mud ,
traditionalist ,
ultraconservative
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