English Dictionary

codgerhood

名詞

不可算名詞

The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.

日本語の意味

老人特有の不機嫌さや頑固さ、風変わりな高齢者であること。 / ご年配者が感じられる、愚痴っぽく不機嫌な老いの性質や状態。

Despite his sharp memory and gentle humor, his codgerhood sometimes made younger neighbors assume he couldn't keep up.

記憶力が鋭く物腰が穏やかでも、老人めいた性質のために若い近所の人は彼がついていけないと決めつけることがあった。

意味（1）

The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.

I am feeling a touch of performance anxiety. James Brewer has already knocked down my sense of agelessness a notch or two with the news that my brain is shrinking. Now I am subjecting myself to a test that might reveal me to be prematurely transforming into mental codger-hood.