CURMUDGEON

curmudgeon. Curmudgeon, n. a miser, niggard, griper, churl

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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.