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fogyish

adjective as in old-fashioned

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I just hope her administration is less fogyish than her campaign.

Letter writer Roger Walton's admonition that one must "show some respect" by dressing up for the opera or the theater reflects a fogyish, aristocratic, East Coast preoccupation with what is "done" and "not done."

April 20.—The generation crowding on this fogyish one will sit in court of justice over the evil-doers, over the helpless, over the egotists who are to-day at work.

The debates of the English Parliament raise the ire of the people, nay, exasperate even old fogyish Anglo-manes.

On the other hand," Patricia always looked like a young saint, rather a wild one, to be sure, when she spoke of Burke, "I'm proud of my defiance of stupid limitations and fogyish ideals.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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