[lit-ideas] high dudgeon (JL???)

  • From: "Julie Krueger" <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 03:21:30 -0600

Everything I can find on-line suggests that the origin of "dudgeon" (as in,
"she strode out in high dudgeon"), is unknown.  Not only is it unknown, but
there don't even seem to be the usual guesses.  Does anyone have an insight?

Julie Krueger
(close to a high dudgeon myself)

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