curmudgeon的词源

英文词源

curmudgeon (n.)

1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant "evil heart" is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur "dog." Liberman says the word "must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean "disagreeable person"), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker-. Related: Curmudgeonly.

中文词源

curmudgeon：脾气坏的老年人

词源不详，可能来自cur, 恶狗，mudge, 狗叫。

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