fuddy-duddy 1
noundomain: person
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance
Examples
- 1.you may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun
Hypernym
conservative 1
noun
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
Domain_of_synset_-_USAGE
colloquialism 1
noun
a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
EnglishMember_of_this_domain_-_USAGE
colloquialism 1
noun
a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
