fogeydom

English

Etymology

From fogey +‎ -dom.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊɡidəm/

Noun

fogeydom (uncountable)

1. The state of being a fogey.
   • 2012, Andrew Greig, “Paths to Enlightenment”, in Literary Review, number 399:

     The latent fogeydom never goes away entirely: contemporary or modern architecture, derided as ‘childish’, ‘infantile’ or plain ‘ugly’, is consistently and erroneously elided with postwar cheap tower-block brutalism and the destruction of town centres.

Synonyms

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