Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a feeling of offense or resentment; anger: We left in high dudgeon.
noun Obsolete.
- a kind of wood used especially for the handles of knives, daggers, etc.
- a handle or hilt made of this wood.
- a dagger having such a hilt.
noun
- anger or resentment (archaic, except in the phrase in high dudgeon)
noun
- obsolete a wood used in making the handles of knives, daggers, etc
- archaic a dagger, knife, etc, with a dudgeon hilt
1570s, duggin, of unknown origin. One suggestion is Italian aduggiare “to overshadow,” giving it the same sense development as umbrage. No clear connection to earlier dudgeon (late 14c.), a kind of wood used for knife handles, which is perhaps from a French word.
see in high dudgeon.