Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Curmudgeon"
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) 1.7 (wn)
curmudgeon
n : a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn
ideas
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