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Webster 1913 Edition
Curmudgeon
Cur-mudg′eon
(k?r-m?j′?n)
, Noun.
[OE.
cornmudgin
, where -mudgin
is prob. from OF. muchier
, mucier
, F. musser
to hide; of uncertain origin; cf. OE. muchares
skulking thieves, E. miche
, micher
.] An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
A gray-headed
curmudgeon
of a negro. W. Irving.
Webster 1828 Edition
Curmudgeon
CURMUDGEON
,Noun.