Associations to the word «Dudgeon»

Wiktionary

DUDGEON, noun. (obsolete) A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
DUDGEON, noun. (obsolete) A hilt made of this wood.
DUDGEON, noun. (archaic) A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.
DUDGEON, noun. A feeling of anger or resentment (usually only in set terms, below).

Dictionary definition

DUDGEON, noun. A feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon').

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca