dudgeon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
    high dudgeon.

WordNet

Dudg"eon noun
Definitions
  1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Gerarde (1597).
  2. The haft of a dagger. Shak.
  3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras.
Dudg"eon noun
Etymology
W. dygen anger, grudge.
Definitions
  1. Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
    I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. Sir T. Scott.
Dudg"eon adjective
Definitions
  1. Homely; rude; coarse. Obs.
    By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1913