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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curmudgeon \Cur*mudg"eon\ (k?r-m?j"?n), n. [OE. cornmudgin where -mudgin is prob. from OF muchier mucier, F. musser to hide; of uncertain origin; cf OE muchares skulking thieves, E. miche, micher.] An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro. --W. Irving. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: curmudgeon n : a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
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