• jheem

  

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  Re: dudgeon

  Fri, December 3, 2004 - 6:59 PM

  Usually seen coupled with high. Often mispronounced dungeon. Etymology unknown. There's a homonym, dudgeon, which is an archaic word for dagger. Its etymology is possibly known: from Anglo-Norman ...

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    Re: dudgeon

    Tue, June 21, 2005 - 4:12 PM

    what does the -udgeon part mean?
    
    related to curm-udgeon ?

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  • • jheem

      

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      Re: dudgeon

      Tue, June 21, 2005 - 5:29 PM

      You've hit two words without known etymologies. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. OTOH, -on / -one in Spanish / Italian is a pejorative augmentative suffix: e.g., testone 'blockhead (lit., big head)', mujeron 'big woman', cabron 'big, old goat', etc. But -ino is a diminutive, cute suffix. Go figure. Seems like the -on part of dudgeon / curmudgeon might be something like that. They seem like Anglo-Norman loanwords.

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