dudgeon
see also: Dudgeon
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈdʌdʒən/
Noun

dudgeon (plural dudgeons)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
  2. (obsolete) A hilt made of this wood.
    • "And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood" (Shakespeare, Macbeth)
  3. (archaic) A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.
Noun

dudgeon (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Dudgeon
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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