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curmugeon

curmugeon is the archaic form of curmudgeon.

Meaning of curmudgeon

Noun

curmudgeon (plural curmudgeons)

  1. An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.
    • Near-synonyms: crank, grump; grumpy pants (often childish), sourpuss, grouch
    Synonyms:
    crank, grump, grumpy pants[w:child-directed speech|childish]]>, sourpuss, grouch
  2. (archaic) A miser.

Forms of curmugeon

pluralcurmugeons

Questions about curmugeon

What is curmugeon the archaic form of?
Curmugeon is the archaic form of curmudgeon.

Words near curmugeon in the dictionary

  1. curmudgeonly
  2. curmudgeonous
  3. curmudgeonry
  4. curmudgeons
  5. curmudgeony
  6. curmugeon
  7. curmugeons
  8. curmur
  9. curmurred
  10. curmurring
  11. curmurrings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curmugeon (page history and authors); curmudgeon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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