codgerhood

English

Etymology

codger +‎ -hood

Noun

codgerhood (uncountable)

1. The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.
   • 2009 May, David Ewing Duncan, “Experimental Brain”, in Corey S. Powell, Patrice G. Adcroft, Michael F. Di Ioia, editors, Discover, page 67:

     I am feeling a touch of performance anxiety. James Brewer has already knocked down my sense of agelessness a notch or two with the news that my brain is shrinking. Now I am subjecting myself to a test that might reveal me to be prematurely transforming into mental codger-hood.

Synonyms

• fogeydom, geezerdom, oldhood; see also Thesaurus:old age