On 2/21/2018 9:23 AM, Philippe Verdy wrote:
> 2018-02-21 18:10 GMT+01:00 Asmus Freytag via Unicode
> <unicode_at_unicode.org <mailto:unicode_at_unicode.org>>:
>
> Feeling a bit curmudgeony, are we, today? :-)
>
> Don't know what it means, never heard that word, not found in
> dictionaries. Probably alocalUS jargon or typo in your strange word.
>
Sorry for the typo. Dropped an "l". :-[
curmudgeonly from curmudgeon+ly
The word is attested from the late 1500s in the forms /curmudgeon/ and
/curmudgen/, and during the 17th century in numerous spelling variants,
including /cormogeon, cormogion, cormoggian, cormudgeon, curmudgion,
curmuggion, curmudgin, curr-mudgin, curre-megient/.
Don't think the US existed in the late 1500s...
A./
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