Humdudgeon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An unnecessary outcry or complaint. Scotland, obsolete
  2. 2
    An imaginary illness. Scotland, obsolete

Etymology

Probably from hum (“humbug”) + dudgeon (“feeling of anger or resentment”), 18th c.

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