Associations to the word «Dudgeon»
Noun
- Gus
- Elton
- Neil
- Stout
- Barnsley
- Tong
- Displeasure
- Rea
- Bunting
- Grudge
- Bernie
- Resentment
- Dagger
- Sheila
- Jeffrey
- Cecil
- Producer
- Liner
- Gloucester
- Davidson
- Capt
- Judith
- Ellis
- Brooks
- Disciple
- Dick
- Lloyd
- Shark
- Rover
- Ernest
- Abraham
- Temper
- Jacob
- Richmond
- Norfolk
- Graham
- Engineer
- Starring
- Moth
- Anthony
- Edinburgh
- Anderson
- Jacket
- Joan
- Thompson
- Allen
- John
- Session
- Bbc
- Jeff
- Evans
- Studio
- Steve
- Phil
- Album
- Arrangement
- Hull
- Ian
- Northern
- Debut
- Richard
- Manchester
- Joe
- Ireland
- Devil
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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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.