dudgeon

Meanings

Plural: dudgeons

Noun

a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.
A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
A hilt made of this wood.
A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.

Origin / Etymology

Uncertain:
* Perhaps the same as Etymology 2, below
* Perhaps from Welsh dygen (“anger, grudge”) (from dy- + cwyn (“complaint”)), though the OED rejects this.
* Possibly from dudgen (“trash, something worthless”).
* Possibly borrowed from Italian aduggiare (“to overshadow”), similar to the semantic development of umbrage.

Synonyms

high dudgeon

Scrabble Score: 10

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Words With Friends Score: 13

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