Curmudgeon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro.     --W. Irving.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curmudgeon
       n : a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn
           ideas