2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.

Your coarse, foggy, drowsy conceit.

Hayward.

Fo"gie (?), n. See Fogy.

Fog"less (?), a. Without fog; clear. Kane.

Fo"gy (?), n.; pl. Fogies (&?;). A dull old fellow; a person behind the

times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old. [Written

also fogie and fogey.] [Colloq.]

Notorious old bore; regular old fogy.

Thackeray.

The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or

protector. By others it is regarded as a diminutive of folk (cf. D.

volkje). It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as "an

invalid or garrison soldier," and is applied to the old soldiers of the

Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies' Hospital. In the

fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of

the term. Sir F. Head.

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