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fuddy-duddy definition

fuddy-duddy (fud′ē dud′ē)

noun pl. fuddy-duddies -·dies

  1. a fussy, critical person
  2. an old-fashioned person

Etymology: redupl., prob. based on dial. fud, buttocks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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