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dudg·eon (duj′ən)

noun

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

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

dudgeon2 definition

dudg·eon (duj′ən)

noun

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

Etymology: ME dogeon < Anglo-Fr digeon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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