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prettygoodword) wrote2005-09-27 06:57 am
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humdudgeon
humdudgeon - 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.