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Definition of curmudgeon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

curmudgeon

noun

/kɜːˈmʌdʒən/

/kɜːrˈmʌdʒən/

(old-fashioned)

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a person who gets annoyed easily, often an old person
Word Originlate 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

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