Home › Words › C › codgerhoodcodgerhoodcodgerhood means the quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.EtymologyFrom codger + -hood.nounThe quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.codgerly 77% match — Like a codger; old and ill-tempered. vs codgerhood →codger 70% match — An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man. vs codgerhood →fogeyhood 70% match — The state or condition of being a fogey vs codgerhood →curmudgeonhood 69% match — The status of being a curmudgeon vs codgerhood →codgy 68% match — Old in age or mentality; hoary; stodgy. vs codgerhood →fogeydom 67% match — The state of being a fogey. vs codgerhood →curmudgeonry 64% match — Behaviour characteristic of a curmudgeon; surly ill temper. vs codgerhood →dodderiness 62% match — The quality of being doddery. vs codgerhood →