ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Codgerly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Codgerly is an adjective meaning Like a codger; old and ill-tempered.

Meaning

Like a codger; old and ill-tempered.

Example Sentences

So it is not surprising that the old boy finds himself in codgerly company these days. Ms. Rendell has ghoulish fun with the assorted elderly, eccentric characters who bedevil him in “Not in the Flesh,” which is only the third of her Wexford books to appear in this present century.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include codgy, senile, cronelike, doddering, curmudgeony, geezerlike.

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