fud|dy-dud|dy

fud|dy-dud|dy
fud|dy-dud|dy «FUHD ee DUHD ee», noun, plural -dies, adjective, -di|er, di|est. Informal.
–n.
a fussy or stuffy, usually elderly, person who has outmoded tastes and manners: »

This extraordinary mid-Victorian fuddy-duddy... (Punch).

–adj.
out-of-date; stuffy: »

a fuddy-duddy old maid, fuddy-duddy architecture.

[perhaps varied reduplication of fuddle]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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