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| − | While numerous folk etymologies surround this word, there is no widely accepted etymology.
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| − | An alternative spelling attested in 1600 is ''[[cornmudgin]]'', in Holland's translation of Livy, rendering ''[[frumentarius]]'' "corn-merchant". This has been suggested as the original form of the word, but OED notes that ''curmudgeon'' is attested some years before this, concluding that ''cornmudgin'' was merely a nonce-word by Holland.
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| − | The word is attested from the late 16th century, in the forms ''curmudgeon'', ''curmudgen'',
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| − | during the 17th century also in numerous spelling variants, including ''cormogeon, cormogion, cormoggian, cormudgeon, curmudgion, curmuggion, curmudgin, curr-mudgin, curre-megient''.
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| | # {{archaic}} A [[miser]]. | | # {{archaic}} A [[miser]]. |
| | # An ill-[[temper]]ed (and frequently [[old]]) [[person]] full of [[stubborn]] ideas or [[opinion]]s. | | # An ill-[[temper]]ed (and frequently [[old]]) [[person]] full of [[stubborn]] ideas or [[opinion]]s. |
| − | #: ''There's a cranky '''curmudgeon''' working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak.''
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| − | #: ''John Doe's old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make him a '''curmudgeon''' of a candidate.''
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| − | ====Quotations====
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| − | * '''2006''', The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/18/technology/circuits/19POGUE-EMAIL.html?ex=1179201600&en=f058e59799358d61&ei=5070]
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| − | *: How to Be a '''Curmudgeon''' on the Internet
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| − | * '''2007''', The Times [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/modern_times/article1726275.ece]
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| − | *: How should I respond, without appearing to be a '''curmudgeon'''?
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| − | ===Translations===
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| − | {{trans-top|an ill-tempered stubborn person}}
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| − | * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|темерут|m}}
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| − | * Dutch: {{t|nl|iezegrim|m}}
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| − | * Finnish: {{t|fi|äkämys}}
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| − | * French: {{t|fr|bourru|m}}
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| − | * German: {{t|de|Miesepeter|m}}, {{t|de|Spielverderber|m}}
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| − | {{trans-mid}}
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| − | * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|намќор|m|tr=námḱor}}
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| − | * Portuguese: {{t|pt|rabugento|m}}, {{t|pt|casmurro|m}}
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| − | * Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|namćor|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}
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| − | * Spanish: {{t|es|cabeza de cabayo}}
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| − | [[et:curmudgeon]]
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| − | [[hu:curmudgeon]]
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| − | [[my:curmudgeon]]
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| − | [[pl:curmudgeon]]
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| − | [[ru:curmudgeon]]
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