'Dudgeon' definitions:

Definition of 'dudgeon'

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noun
A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon') [syn: dudgeon, high dudgeon]

Definition of 'Dudgeon'

From: GCIDE
  • Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. [1913 Webster]
  • I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. [1913 Webster]
  • Sir T. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dudgeon'

From: GCIDE
  • Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, a. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dudgeon'

From: GCIDE
  • Dudgeon \Dudg"eon\, n.
  • 1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. --Gerarde (1597). [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The haft of a dagger. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

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