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humdudgeon|ˌhʌmˈdʌdʒən| Also humdurgeon. [Cf. hum n.2 and dudgeon n.2] (See quot. 1785.)
1785Grose Dict. Vulg. T., Hum Durgeon, an imaginary illness; he has got the hum durgeon..nothing ails him except low spirits. 1815Scott Guy M. xxiii, I would never be making a hum-dudgeon about a scart on the pow. 1827― Two Drovers ii, I maun down to the Clachan to see if the lad Harry Waakfelt is out of his humdudgeons yet. 1827Lytton Pelham lxxx, His ravings and humdurgeon will unman all our youngsters. |