dudgeon

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• /ˈdʌd͡ʒən/
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English and Scottish surname, perhaps related to the noun dudgeon (sense 1) (“kind of wood used in a hilt”). Or, from a diminutive of Dodge.

Uncertain: * Perhaps the same as Etymology 2, below * Perhaps from Welsh dygen (“anger, grudge”) (from dy- + cwyn (“complaint”)), though the OED rejects this. * Possibly from dudgen (“trash, something worthless”). * Possibly borrowed from Italian aduggiare (“to overshadow”), similar to the semantic development of umbrage.

From Middle English dogeon, apparently from Anglo-Norman or Middle French, but the ultimate origin is obscure. Compare French douve (“stave”).

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: Groll — feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation
• German: Empörung — feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation
• German: Wut — feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation
• German: Zorn — feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation
• German: Entrüstung — feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation
• German: Verärgerung — feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation
• German: Buchsbaum — wood of the box tree
• German: Buchsbaumholz — wood of the box tree
• German: Buchs — wood of the box tree