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dudg⋅eon

1  [duhj-uhn]
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–noun
a feeling of offense or resentment; anger: We left in high dudgeon.
Origin:
1565–75; orig. uncert.

Synonyms:
indignation, pique.

dudg⋅eon

2  [duhj-uhn]
–noun Obsolete.
1. a kind of wood used esp. for the handles of knives, daggers, etc.
2. a handle or hilt made of this wood.
3. a dagger having such a hilt.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; cf. AF digeon
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dudg·eon 1   (dŭj'ən)   
n.  A sullen, angry, or indignant humor: "Slamming the door in Meg's face, Aunt March drove off in high dudgeon" (Louisa May Alcott).

[Origin unknown.]
dudg·eon 2   (dŭj'ən)   
n.  
  1. Obsolete A kind of wood used in making knife handles.
  2. Archaic
    1. A dagger with a hilt made of this wood.
    2. The hilt of a dagger.

[Middle English dogeon, possibly from Anglo-Norman.]
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Dudgeon

Dudg"eon\, n. 1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. --Gerarde (1597).

2. The haft of a dagger. --Shak.

3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. --Hudibras.

Dudgeon

Dudg"eon\, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.

I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.

Sir T. Scott.

Dudgeon

Dudg"eon\, a. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.]

By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. --Beau. & Fl.
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dudgeon 
1573, duggin, of unknown origin. One suggestion is It. aduggiare "to overshadow," giving it the same sense development as umbrage. No clear connection to earlier dudgeon (1380), a kind of wood used for knife handles, which is perhaps from a Fr. word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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dudgeon

see in high dudgeon.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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