dudgeon

(dujən)

noun

anger or resentment: now chiefly in the phrase , very angry, offended, or resentful

Origin: 16th-c. (take) in dudgeon, also endugine, prob. Anglo-Fr en digeon, with reference to the hand on the dagger hilt: see dudgeon

noun

  1. a wood, perhaps boxwood, used for dagger hilts
  2. a hilt of this wood or a dagger with such a hilt

Origin: ME dogeon < Anglo-Fr digeon

See dudgeon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A sullen, angry, or indignant humor: “Slamming the door in Meg's face, Aunt March drove off in high dudgeon” (Louisa May Alcott).

Origin:

Origin: Origin unknown

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noun
  1. Obsolete A kind of wood used in making knife handles.
  2. Archaic
    a. A dagger with a hilt made of this wood.
    b. The hilt of a dagger.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English dogeon

Origin: , possibly from Anglo-Norman

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