I. ˈfədēˌdədē, ˈfədiˌdədi, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun
( -es )
Etymology: perhaps reduplication of Scots fuddy, fuddie tail of an animal, short-tailed animal, from fud buttocks, tail of an animal + English -y
1. : one who is old-fashioned or ultraconservative : fogy
anybody over thirty has to … ask himself just how much of a fuddy-duddy he really is — Alistair Cooke
2. : one who is pompous and unimaginative : stuffed shirt
the general impression … that anyone from a colonel up is a frozen-faced fuddy-duddy — Fletcher Pratt
3. : one who is concerned about trifles : fussbudget
an academic fuddy-duddy counting the semicolons — S.E.Hyman
II. adjective
1. : prim and conservative : fussy
a fuddy-duddy professor in a classroom of rowdy boys — Time
2. : old-fashioned , outdated
the atom bomb is already fuddy-duddy — Ellery Queen