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fuddy-duddy

[ fuhd-ee-duhd-ee, -duhd-ee ]

noun

, plural fud·dy-dud·dies.
  1. a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
  2. a person who is fussy or picayune about details; fussbudget.

adjective

  1. stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
  2. fussy; picayune.

fuddy-duddy

/ ˈfʌdɪˌdʌdɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a person, esp an elderly one, who is extremely conservative or dull
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fuddy-duddy1

First recorded in 1900–05; of obscure origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fuddy-duddy1

C20: of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

The amiable fuddy-duddy playing little politics in Washington became a gentleman of war.

And now he was like the others in the party—an amiable fuddy-duddy.

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