d 2 u 1 d 2 g 2 e 1 o 1 n 1
7 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
originUncertain: * 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.
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