/fud"ee dud'ee, -dud"ee/ , n. , pl. fuddy-duddies , adj.
n. Also, fuddy .
1. a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
2. a person who is fussy or picayune about details; fussbudget.
adj.
3. stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
4. fussy; picayune.
[ 1900-05; of obscure orig.; cf. dial. (Cumberland) duddy-fuddiel a ragged fellow ]