curmudgeonn.

/kəːˈmʌdʒən/

Forms: 1500s– curmudgeon; also 1500s curmudgen, 1500s–1600s cormogeon, cormogion, 1600s cormoggian, cormudgeon, curmudgion, curmuggion, curmudgin, curr-mudgin, curre-megient, (apparently for rhyme) curmudgel), 1700s cur-mudgeon. See also cormullion n.

Etymology: Derivation unknown.The occurrence in Holland's Livy, 1600, of cornmudgin n. has led to a suggestion that this was the original form, with the meaning ‘concealer or hoarder of corn’, mudgin being associated with Middle English much-en, mich-en to pilfer, steal, or muchier, Norman form of Old French mucier, musser to conceal, hide away. But examination of the evidence shows that curmudgeon was in use a quarter of a century before Holland's date, and that cornmudgin is apparently merely a nonce-word of Holland's, a play upon corn and curmudgeon. The suggestion that the first syllable is cur, the dog, is perhaps worthy of note; but that of Dr. Johnson's ‘unknown correspondent’, cœur méchant for French méchant cœur, ‘evil or malicious heart’, is noticeable only as an ingenious specimen of pre-scientific ‘etymology’, and as having been retailed by Ash in the form, ‘from the French cœur unknown, and mechant a correspondent’!

‘An avaricious churlish fellow; a miser, a niggard’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > old or churlish

chuffc1440

huddle1578

nabal1586

curmudgeon1587

cormullion1596

hunks1602

nabalite1612

cuffc1616

chuff-cat1653

codger1778

hunkster1842

sore-head1848

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > surliness > person

chuffc1440

queer cuffin1567

curmudgeon1587

cormullion1596

chuff-cat1653

sumph1682

surly-boots1710

Ursa Major1773

gruffy1802

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 98/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The feare of his danger mooued hir to annere to such a clownish curmudgen.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 85 b Our English Cormogeons, they haue breasts, but giue no suck.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 289 Why do covetous cormogions distill the best substance of their braines to get riches.

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 270 Curre-megients, who scarcely know any other sentence of Scripture, yet..haue this of Paul in their mouthes; worke for your liuing.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 387 Certain greedy curmuggions, who value not the leaving of a good name behind them to posterity.

1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque in Wks. (1765) 185 Would one Be so ungrateful a Curmudgel To steal away his Age's Cudgel?

1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 7 If..the rich Curmudgeon,..do not open his Purse wide.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 254 I had a rich uncle..a penurious accumulating curmudgeon.

1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Holmby House 377 A thankless old curmudgeon.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	curmudgeon
释义	curmudgeonn. /kəːˈmʌdʒən/ Forms: 1500s– curmudgeon; also 1500s curmudgen, 1500s–1600s cormogeon, cormogion, 1600s cormoggian, cormudgeon, curmudgion, curmuggion, curmudgin, curr-mudgin, curre-megient, (apparently for rhyme) curmudgel), 1700s cur-mudgeon. See also cormullion n. Etymology: Derivation unknown.The occurrence in Holland's Livy, 1600, of cornmudgin n. has led to a suggestion that this was the original form, with the meaning ‘concealer or hoarder of corn’, mudgin being associated with Middle English much-en, mich-en to pilfer, steal, or muchier, Norman form of Old French mucier, musser to conceal, hide away. But examination of the evidence shows that curmudgeon was in use a quarter of a century before Holland's date, and that cornmudgin is apparently merely a nonce-word of Holland's, a play upon corn and curmudgeon. The suggestion that the first syllable is cur, the dog, is perhaps worthy of note; but that of Dr. Johnson's ‘unknown correspondent’, cœur méchant for French méchant cœur, ‘evil or malicious heart’, is noticeable only as an ingenious specimen of pre-scientific ‘etymology’, and as having been retailed by Ash in the form, ‘from the French cœur unknown, and mechant a correspondent’! ‘An avaricious churlish fellow; a miser, a niggard’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > old or churlish chuffc1440 huddle1578 nabal1586 curmudgeon1587 cormullion1596 hunks1602 nabalite1612 cuffc1616 chuff-cat1653 codger1778 hunkster1842 sore-head1848 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > surliness > person chuffc1440 queer cuffin1567 curmudgeon1587 cormullion1596 chuff-cat1653 sumph1682 surly-boots1710 Ursa Major1773 gruffy1802 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 98/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The feare of his danger mooued hir to annere to such a clownish curmudgen. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 85 b Our English Cormogeons, they haue breasts, but giue no suck. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 289 Why do covetous cormogions distill the best substance of their braines to get riches. 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 270 Curre-megients, who scarcely know any other sentence of Scripture, yet..haue this of Paul in their mouthes; worke for your liuing. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 387 Certain greedy curmuggions, who value not the leaving of a good name behind them to posterity. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque in Wks. (1765) 185 Would one Be so ungrateful a Curmudgel To steal away his Age's Cudgel? 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 7 If..the rich Curmudgeon,..do not open his Purse wide. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 254 I had a rich uncle..a penurious accumulating curmudgeon. 1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Holmby House 377 A thankless old curmudgeon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1587
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