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Webster 1913 Edition

Fogy

Fo′gy

,
Noun.
;
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.]
Notorious old bore; regular old
fogy
.
Thackeray.
☞ 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.

Definition 2024

fogy

fogy

English

Noun

fogy ‎(plural fogies)

  1. Alternative spelling of fogey
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IX”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
  2. (US, military, dated, slang) Extra pay granted to officers for length of service.

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pučɜ- ‎(“to lessen, decrease”). [1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoɟ]

Verb

fogy

  1. (intransitive) to lessen, decrease, diminish
  2. (intransitive) to lose weight (become thinner)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • elfogy
  • kifogy
  • lefogy
  • megfogy

References

  1. ↑ Entry #805 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

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