dudgeon
see also: Dudgeon
Pronunciation
Dudgeon
Proper noun
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see also: Dudgeon
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdʌdʒən/
dudgeon (plural dudgeons)
- (obsolete) A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
- (obsolete) A hilt made of this wood.
- "And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood" (Shakespeare, Macbeth)
- (archaic) A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.
dudgeon (uncountable)
- A feeling of anger or resentment.
- 2020, Michael M. Grynbaum, Annie Karni and Jeremy W. Peters, What Top Conservatives Are Saying About George Floyd and Police Brutality, The New York Times ↗:
- In her typical appearances on Fox News, Jeanine Pirro, a former Republican district attorney, reserves her highest dudgeon for castigating liberals and lamenting the demise of law and order.
- 2020, Michael M. Grynbaum, Annie Karni and Jeremy W. Peters, What Top Conservatives Are Saying About George Floyd and Police Brutality, The New York Times ↗:
Dudgeon
Proper noun
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