Word Originlate 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
Idioms
See dudgeon in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin high dudgeon
- (old-fashioned, formal) in an angry or offended mood, and showing other people that you are angry
- He stomped out of the room in high dudgeon.
- She stormed out in high dudgeon.
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