Cur*mudg"eon (k?r-m?j"?n), n. [OE. cornmudgin, where -mudgin is prob. from OF. muchier, mucier, F. musser to hide; of uncertain origin; cf. OE. muchares skulking thieves, E. miche, micher.]
An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro.
W. Irving.
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