Gummidgen.

Brit.

/ˈɡʌmɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈɡəmɪdʒ/

Etymology: < the name of Mrs. Gummidge, a peevish, self-pitying, and pessimistic widow in Dickens's David Copperfield (1850).

A person of a peevish, pessimistic nature; the complaints of such a person. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [noun] > peevish person

fretcharda1640

fretter1649

petulant1682

Gummidge1873

nippy sweetie1985

1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters viii. 191 There is a great deal of what I call ‘Gummidge’ talked in the world, and very unreasonable talk it is.

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 20 July 9/7 (heading) A Nation of Gummidges.

1927 Sunday Express 1 May 12/3 The Gummidge chorus is never silent.

Derivatives

ˈgummidge v. (intransitive) .

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > be or become peevish [verb (intransitive)]

to take (the) pet1590

pet1629

tiff1727

girn1837

gummidge1889

1889 A. Lang in Longman's Mag. May 111 One might do very well in the Transvaal if one did not ‘gummidge’.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 7/1 What good is there in merely Gummidgeing on like this?

ˈgummidging adj.

ΚΠ

1918 Best Short Stories 1917 209 At twenty-seven Jo had been the dutiful, hard-working son..of a widowed and gummidging mother.

ˈgummagy adj. (also ˈGummidgey)

ΚΠ

1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 437 To be gummagy, to be of a snarling, scolding disposition.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 9 Mar. (1962) II. 1042 It's true I've felt rather Gummidgey and ‘low’ and disheartened these last two years.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gummidge
释义	Gummidgen. Brit. /ˈɡʌmɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈɡəmɪdʒ/ Etymology: < the name of Mrs. Gummidge, a peevish, self-pitying, and pessimistic widow in Dickens's David Copperfield (1850). A person of a peevish, pessimistic nature; the complaints of such a person. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [noun] > peevish person fretcharda1640 fretter1649 petulant1682 Gummidge1873 nippy sweetie1985 1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters viii. 191 There is a great deal of what I call ‘Gummidge’ talked in the world, and very unreasonable talk it is. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 20 July 9/7 (heading) A Nation of Gummidges. 1927 Sunday Express 1 May 12/3 The Gummidge chorus is never silent. Derivatives ˈgummidge v. (intransitive) . ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > be or become peevish [verb (intransitive)] to take (the) pet1590 pet1629 tiff1727 girn1837 gummidge1889 1889 A. Lang in Longman's Mag. May 111 One might do very well in the Transvaal if one did not ‘gummidge’. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 7/1 What good is there in merely Gummidgeing on like this? ˈgummidging adj. ΚΠ 1918 Best Short Stories 1917 209 At twenty-seven Jo had been the dutiful, hard-working son..of a widowed and gummidging mother. ˈgummagy adj. (also ˈGummidgey) ΚΠ 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 437 To be gummagy, to be of a snarling, scolding disposition. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Let. 9 Mar. (1962) II. 1042 It's true I've felt rather Gummidgey and ‘low’ and disheartened these last two years. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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