Meaning of DUDGEON
| Pronunciation: | | 'dujun
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| | Definition: | | [n] a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase"in high dudgeon") |
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| | Synonyms: | | high dudgeon |
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| | See Also: | | indignation, outrage | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | ferment, fret, fume, fury, high dudgeon, huff, humor, ire, miff, mood, pet, pique, rage, resentment, snuff, stew, temper, tiff, umbrage, wrath |
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