Definitions for fogey

fogey fo·gey

Spelling: [foh-gee]
IPA: /ˈfoʊ gi/

Fogey is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in fogey (efgoy).

Definitions for fogey

noun

  1. fogy.
  2. an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old):

Origin of fogey

First recorded in 1770-80; origin uncertain

Examples for fogey

Her people are hastening to bring from hidden coves things once discarded as fogey.

But when my slightly contemptuous companion spoke I had no answer, felt out of date and dull, a fogey and an idle man.

She said to herself that she was rapidly developing into a fogey, and must rigorously combat the grievous tendency.

One old German fogey wanted to have all the letters on the German typewriters changed to German script.

It is at best the act of a fogey and always an easy thing to do, as there are so few people who can contradict one.

Word Value for fogey
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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