About The Word Dudgeon
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Dudgeon
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What's The Definition Of Dudgeon?
[n] a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase"in high dudgeon")
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dudgeon: high dudgeon Related Terms | Find terms related to Dudgeon: ferment | fret | fume | fury | high dudgeon | huff | humor | ire | miff | mood | pet | pique | rage | resentment | snuff | stew | temper | tiff | umbrage | wrath See Also | indignation | outrage Dudgeon In Webster's Dictionary \Dudg"eon\, n.
1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were
made. --Gerarde (1597).
2. The haft of a dagger. --Shak.
3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. --Hudibras.
\Dudg"eon\, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. Sir T. Scott. \Dudg"eon\, a. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. --Beau. & Fl. |
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