fuddy-duddy

n., pl., -dies.
An old-fashioned, fussy person.

[Origin unknown.]

noun

An old-fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate: fogy, fossil, mossback. Informal stick-in-the-mud. Slang square. See new/old.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (informal) a bore
  Synonym: stuffed shirt

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pernittengryn, gammel støder

Nederlands (Dutch)
pietlut, pietluttig

Français (French)
n. - vieil encroûté, vieux jeu

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rückschrittler, Wichtigtuer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) ραμολής, γεροξεκούτης, γεροπαράξενος

Italiano (Italian)
pedante, reazionario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - indivíduo (m) retrógrado

Русский (Russian)
человек с устаревшими взглядами

Español (Spanish)
n. - chapado a la antigua, quisquilloso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stofil, gammalmodig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
唠叨的人, 守旧者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 嘮叨的人, 守舊者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 촌스럽고 구식인 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 時代遅れの人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص مزعج كبير السن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחזיק בנושנות, קפדן עד כדי זרות‬

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