fogeyn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfəʊɡi/, U.S.

/ˈfoʊɡi/

Forms: 1700s–1800s fogie, 1700s– fogey, 1800s– foggie (Scottish), 1800s– fogy.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fogram n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a variant or alteration of fogram n. (compare -y suffix⁶), although compare also foggy adj. 6 and forms at that entry. Compare old fogey n.

A. n.

†1. slang. A soldier or sailor who is unfit for active duty due to illness or injury; spec. an invalid soldier assigned to garrison duty. Cf. old fogey n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > disabled or unfit

oblat1656

invalid1707

fogey1785

old fogey1785

non-effective1800

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Fogey, old fogey, a nick name for an invalid soldier.

1840 J. Paterson Contemp. of Burns 292 Gemmell was twenty years a soldier, twenty a garrison foggie.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 312 Fogey, an invalid soldier or sailor.

2. depreciative (originally Scottish). In earlier use: an old man, esp. one with antiquated ideas or attitudes. Later (often, but not necessarily, with reference to an older person): a person with very old-fashioned or conservative values and attitudes. Cf. old fogey n. 2, young fogey n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > one who is old fashioned

mumpsimus1573

fogram1760

fogey1792

fogramite1813

frump1817

primitist1818

foist1820

Rip Van Winkle1833

foozle1860

old-timer1860

mossyback1865

mossback1873

dugout1912

pterodactyl1921

unhip1936

fud1942

square1944

primitivist1975

retread1982

1792 Select. Orig. Scots Songs II. 56 Now ilka lad has got a lass Save yon auld doited fogie.

1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) i. 23 Foggies the zig-zag followers led, But scarce had pow'r To keep some..Frae stoit'ring owr.

1876 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 15 Mr. Gilbert Grace is admitted by the fogeys to be the most destructive batsman we ever remember.

1908 G. M. Reynolds Supreme Test vi. 65 I do hope they will have somebody interesting to dinner. Lady Sara looks to me as if all her friends would be fogies.

1984 Spectator 22 Dec. 31/1 Fogeys cycle with an upright posture and hang out like yachtsmen round Hyde Park.

2013 Canberra (Austral.) Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. a9 The event, while appalling some fogeys, had made a jolly good impression.

3. U.S. colloquial. In the armed forces: a pay increase awarded for a particular amount of time in service; hence sometimes as a measure of length of service.

ΚΠ

1867 N.Y. Times 7 Mar. 2/2 It appears that by a fusty old statute of 1838, officers of the ‘staff and line’,..besides their regular pay, get an additional ration, or the value thereof in money, for every five years they serve. This is called the ‘service’ ration, or the ‘old fogy’ ration in the army.]

1873 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 15 Mar. 490/2 If my experience (of at least one fogy) is of any worth.

1883 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 22 Dec. 423/1 The assistant engineers..receive an increase of $200 after five years, while the marine officer begins with a fogy of $140, and four years hence will get another one.

1921 Army & Navy Reg. 5 Nov. 438/2 The question has been raised..as to whether that officer completed the period required by the statute in the grade of first lieutenant to entitle him..to draw the retired portion of the fogy.

1972 Daily Jrnl. (Fergus Falls, Minnesota) 9 Sept. 3/2 I'll retire as a captain and considering the fogey pay I'll get, it won't be bad.

1996 P. J. Budahn Mil. Money Guide i. 7 Every two years, military members receive a year-of-service, or fogey, pay raise... The four-year fogey..affects folks with over four years of military service.

B. adj.

Old-fashioned, antiquated; conservative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc.

old-fashioned1596

musty1603

mildewed1605

fusty1609

wormy1611

frumpy1746

fossila1770

arriéré1814

has-been1819

Rip Van Winkleish1829

frumpish1847

archaistic1850

fogey1852

fogeyish1852

old fogeyish1853

rusty-fusty1864

mossbacked1876

dead-handed1928

Victorian1934

unhep1939

unhip1939

dinosaurian1943

square1946

dinosaur-like1947

dinosauric1977

analogue1993

1852 Let. 20 Feb. in Democratic Rev. Mar. 207/2 The fogy atmosphere of Washington makes cowards of you all.

1865 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1861–4 5 691 We flaunt our labor-saving farm machinery in the faces of slow and fogy Germany.

1935 Z. N. Hurston Let. 16 Sept. in Life in Lett. (2002) 359 He had a backward father who was smothering Allan with fogy ideas both of mind and body.

1986 Sunday Tel. 30 Nov. 23/1 There was much muttering to the effect that the reactionary and fogey elements at the Vatican had got completely out of hand.

2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 June (T Style Mag.) 97/1 His hair is slicked down and neatly coiffed, his attire almost fogy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fogey
释义	fogeyn.adj. Brit. /ˈfəʊɡi/, U.S. /ˈfoʊɡi/ Forms: 1700s–1800s fogie, 1700s– fogey, 1800s– foggie (Scottish), 1800s– fogy. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: fogram n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a variant or alteration of fogram n. (compare -y suffix⁶), although compare also foggy adj. 6 and forms at that entry. Compare old fogey n. A. n. †1. slang. A soldier or sailor who is unfit for active duty due to illness or injury; spec. an invalid soldier assigned to garrison duty. Cf. old fogey n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > disabled or unfit oblat1656 invalid1707 fogey1785 old fogey1785 non-effective1800 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Fogey, old fogey, a nick name for an invalid soldier. 1840 J. Paterson Contemp. of Burns 292 Gemmell was twenty years a soldier, twenty a garrison foggie. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 312 Fogey, an invalid soldier or sailor. 2. depreciative (originally Scottish). In earlier use: an old man, esp. one with antiquated ideas or attitudes. Later (often, but not necessarily, with reference to an older person): a person with very old-fashioned or conservative values and attitudes. Cf. old fogey n. 2, young fogey n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > one who is old fashioned mumpsimus1573 fogram1760 fogey1792 fogramite1813 frump1817 primitist1818 foist1820 Rip Van Winkle1833 foozle1860 old-timer1860 mossyback1865 mossback1873 dugout1912 pterodactyl1921 unhip1936 fud1942 square1944 primitivist1975 retread1982 1792 Select. Orig. Scots Songs II. 56 Now ilka lad has got a lass Save yon auld doited fogie. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) i. 23 Foggies the zig-zag followers led, But scarce had pow'r To keep some..Frae stoit'ring owr. 1876 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 15 Mr. Gilbert Grace is admitted by the fogeys to be the most destructive batsman we ever remember. 1908 G. M. Reynolds Supreme Test vi. 65 I do hope they will have somebody interesting to dinner. Lady Sara looks to me as if all her friends would be fogies. 1984 Spectator 22 Dec. 31/1 Fogeys cycle with an upright posture and hang out like yachtsmen round Hyde Park. 2013 Canberra (Austral.) Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. a9 The event, while appalling some fogeys, had made a jolly good impression. 3. U.S. colloquial. In the armed forces: a pay increase awarded for a particular amount of time in service; hence sometimes as a measure of length of service. ΚΠ 1867 N.Y. Times 7 Mar. 2/2 It appears that by a fusty old statute of 1838, officers of the ‘staff and line’,..besides their regular pay, get an additional ration, or the value thereof in money, for every five years they serve. This is called the ‘service’ ration, or the ‘old fogy’ ration in the army.] 1873 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 15 Mar. 490/2 If my experience (of at least one fogy) is of any worth. 1883 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 22 Dec. 423/1 The assistant engineers..receive an increase of $200 after five years, while the marine officer begins with a fogy of $140, and four years hence will get another one. 1921 Army & Navy Reg. 5 Nov. 438/2 The question has been raised..as to whether that officer completed the period required by the statute in the grade of first lieutenant to entitle him..to draw the retired portion of the fogy. 1972 Daily Jrnl. (Fergus Falls, Minnesota) 9 Sept. 3/2 I'll retire as a captain and considering the fogey pay I'll get, it won't be bad. 1996 P. J. Budahn Mil. Money Guide i. 7 Every two years, military members receive a year-of-service, or fogey, pay raise... The four-year fogey..affects folks with over four years of military service. B. adj. Old-fashioned, antiquated; conservative. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > of persons, views, etc. old-fashioned1596 musty1603 mildewed1605 fusty1609 wormy1611 frumpy1746 fossila1770 arriéré1814 has-been1819 Rip Van Winkleish1829 frumpish1847 archaistic1850 fogey1852 fogeyish1852 old fogeyish1853 rusty-fusty1864 mossbacked1876 dead-handed1928 Victorian1934 unhep1939 unhip1939 dinosaurian1943 square1946 dinosaur-like1947 dinosauric1977 analogue1993 1852 Let. 20 Feb. in Democratic Rev. Mar. 207/2 The fogy atmosphere of Washington makes cowards of you all. 1865 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1861–4 5 691 We flaunt our labor-saving farm machinery in the faces of slow and fogy Germany. 1935 Z. N. Hurston Let. 16 Sept. in Life in Lett. (2002) 359 He had a backward father who was smothering Allan with fogy ideas both of mind and body. 1986 Sunday Tel. 30 Nov. 23/1 There was much muttering to the effect that the reactionary and fogey elements at the Vatican had got completely out of hand. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 June (T Style Mag.) 97/1 His hair is slicked down and neatly coiffed, his attire almost fogy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1785
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