dudgeon
1Dudgeon — may refer to: Dudgeon (steam automobile company) named after its founder Richard Dudgeon J W Dudgeon, Victorian ship builders Dudgeon dagger, another name for a bollock dagger Dudgeon Bank, area off the coast of Norfolk, site of proposed Dudgeon… …
2dudgeon — dudgeon1 [duj′ən] n. [16th c. ( take) in dudgeon, also endugine, prob. Anglo Fr en digeon, with reference to the hand on the dagger hilt: see DUDGEON2] anger or resentment: now chiefly in the phrase in high dudgeon, very angry, offended, or… …
3Dudgeon — 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] …
4Dudgeon — 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] …
5Dudgeon — 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] …
6dudgeon — ● dudgeon nom masculin (de Dudgeon, nom propre) Outil utilisé pour le dudgeonnage …
7dudgeon — 1570s, duggin, of unknown origin. One suggestion is It. aduggiare to overshadow, giving it the same sense development as UMBRAGE (Cf. umbrage). No clear connection to earlier dudgeon (late 14c.), a kind of wood used for knife handles, which is… …
8dudgeon — ► NOUN (often in phrase in high dudgeon) ▪ deep resentment. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
9dudgeon — index estrangement, odium, resentment, umbrage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10dudgeon — DÚDGEON s. v. mandrină. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime …
