in high dudgeon
Resentfully or furiously, with indignation or pomposity.
When civil dudgeon first grew high, \ And men fell out, they knew not why; \ When hard words, jealousies, and fears, \ Set folks together by the ears..
dudgeon
UK /ˈdʌd͡ʒən/ US /ˈdʌd͡ʒən/
noun 4name 1
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noun
1
A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.
All gentle folks who owe a grudge / To any living thing, / Open your ears and stay your trudge / Whilst I in dudgeon sing.
To crown his discontent, his approach was utterly unnoticed by that capricious damsel. He dashed away in dudgeon from the house at an early hour, certainly less regretted by the maid than by the master of the inn.
noun
1
A kind of wood used especially in the handles of knives; the root of the box tree.
Turners and Cutlers, if I mistake not the matter, doe call this wood Dudgeon, wherewith they make Dudgeon hafted daggers.
2
A hilt made of this wood.
And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood
3
A dagger which has a dudgeon hilt.
name
1
A surname.
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