Curmudgeonhood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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