
ETYMOLOGY
from hum (a piece of humbug, an imposition, a hoax) + dudgeon (a feeling of anger, resentment, offense)
EXAMPLE (for n. 1)
“…”Hout tout, man – I would never be making a hum-dudgeon about a scart on the pow – but we’ll be in Scotland in five minutes now, and ye maun gang up to Charlies-hope wi’ me, that’s a clear case…”
From: Guy Mannering
By Walter Scott, 1815