humdudgeon
Sep. 27th, 2005 06:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordhumdudgeon - n., an imaginary illness; a loud complaint or noise.
The second seems likely to be the first meaning -- it's apparently a portmanteau of humbug and dudgeon. Obsolete Scots.
---L.
The second seems likely to be the first meaning -- it's apparently a portmanteau of humbug and dudgeon. Obsolete Scots.
---L.
