Origin unknown; identical in form with dudgen n. and adj.; but provisionally separated as having, so far as is known, no connection of sense. Compare endugine n.
A conjectural derivation < Welsh dygen malice, resentment, appears to be historically and phonetically baseless.
A feeling of anger, resentment, or offence; ill humour. (OED)
"The play is operatic, and Kushner is at his funniest when he hits the pure, clear note of high dudgeon. Paul, for instance, who knows that Pill is cheating on him with Eli (the excellent Michael Esper), a young Yale-educated hustler, vents his anger at Pill's cell phone, the symbol of his betrayal. 'Look at you, clinging to that phone like it was your hope for eternal salvation,' Paul snarls. 'It's just a carcinogenic little microwave bundled with silicon and arsenic and tantalite from the Congo, the mining rights for which millions upon millions of innocents have been slaughtered, that's the devil in your hand, you heartless evil wicked [slur]."
- John Lahr, "High Marx: Tony Kushner's socialist spectacular", 16 May 2011 The New Yorker
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