Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humdudgeon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hum-dud-geon
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unnecessary outcry or complaint.

Obsolete

noun

An imaginary illness.

Obsolete

Etymology

Probably from hum (“humbug”) + dudgeon (“feeling of anger or resentment”), 18th c.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

humdudgeons (plural)

Questions

What does humdudgeon mean?: An unnecessary outcry or complaint.
Where does humdudgeon come from?: Probably from hum (“humbug”) + dudgeon (“feeling of anger or resentment”), 18th c.

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