Hi all,
I like that word, it's a good word, curmudgeon! It's one of those
thoroughly expressive words that says volumes in three syllables.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curmudgeon \Cur*mudg"eon\ (k?r-m?j"?n), n. [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.
>From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
curmudgeon
n : a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn
ideas
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Ann P.
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