curmudgeonhood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From curmudgeon +‎ -hood.

Noun[edit]

curmudgeonhood (uncountable)

  1. The status of being a curmudgeon
    • 1978 Jan-Jun, Dick Rath, “Odd Lot”, in Boating:
      True, he's a little young for full curmudgeonhood, but he's been working tirelessly at it for years, and he takes a gadfly's delight in pointing out that this or that emperor has no clothes.