Fogey

Definitions

A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.

Equivalents

Examples

“[T]he old fogies, as you call⟳ them, at Bays’s, are some of the first gentlemen in England, of whom you youngsters had best learn⟳ a little manners, and a little breeding, and a little modesty.”

“"You've heard of him, of course?" "I'm rather an old fogey, as Caroline tells me," I said, "but I have⟳ just heard of him."”

CEFR level