humdudgeon

English

Etymology

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

Noun

humdudgeon (plural humdudgeons)

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

References

• 1908, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary