英语词汇high dudgeon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

high dudgeon. Dudgeon is a feeling of anger, resentment, or offense, so high dudgeon, which dates back over a century, means great anger or resentment. S. J. Perelman’s in a low dud- geon is a decided improvement on the timeworn phrase. No one seems to know where dudgeon itself comes from. An Ital- ian word meaning “to overshadow” has been suggested, im- plying that someone who cuts off another’s sunlight provokes anger. This is an idea that at least goes back to Diogenes the Cynic, who on being asked by Alexander the Great if the em- peror could oblige him in any way, replied: “Yes, by standing out of my sunlight.” But dudgeon has also been linked to a much earlier word for “the handle of a dagger.” By this theory, which isn’t documented or widely accepted, an insulted man reached for his dagger handle, or dudgeon, in anger. By exten- sion the dagger handle became the dagger, and the dagger, or dudgeon, was used to describe the anger that led to its use.

词汇	high dudgeon
词源	high dudgeon. Dudgeon is a feeling of anger, resentment, or offense, so high dudgeon, which dates back over a century, means great anger or resentment. S. J. Perelman’s in a low dud- geon is a decided improvement on the timeworn phrase. No one seems to know where dudgeon itself comes from. An Ital- ian word meaning “to overshadow” has been suggested, im- plying that someone who cuts off another’s sunlight provokes anger. This is an idea that at least goes back to Diogenes the Cynic, who on being asked by Alexander the Great if the em- peror could oblige him in any way, replied: “Yes, by standing out of my sunlight.” But dudgeon has also been linked to a much earlier word for “the handle of a dagger.” By this theory, which isn’t documented or widely accepted, an insulted man reached for his dagger handle, or dudgeon, in anger. By exten- sion the dagger handle became the dagger, and the dagger, or dudgeon, was used to describe the anger that led to its use.
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