Curmudgeonhood
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The status of being a curmudgeon uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From curmudgeon + -hood.
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