curmudgeon
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[edit] Etymology
While numerous folk etymologies surround this word, there is yet no widely accepted origin.
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curmudgeon (plural curmudgeons)
- (archaic): A miser.
- An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.
- There's a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak.
- John Doe's old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make him a curmudgeon of a candidate.
[edit] Quotations
- 2006, The New York Times [1]
- How to Be a Curmudgeon on the Internet
- 2007, The Times [2]
- How should I respond, without appearing to be a curmudgeon?
[edit] Translations
an ill-tempered stubborn person
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