CURMUDGEON


Meaning of CURMUDGEON in English

— curmudgeonly , adj.

/keuhr muj"euhn/ , n.

a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

[ 1570-80; unexplained; perh. cur- repr. CUR ]

Syn . grouch, crank, bear, sourpuss, crosspatch.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .