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dudgeon Then he told me how one LatumiusOnce lamented to his friend ArriusThat there was a tree growing in his gardenOn which, he said, his three wives, out of dudgeon,Had hanged themselves....

Accepted Answer

n. A feeling of offense or resentment. The Canterbury Tales, trans. David Wright, The Wife of Bath's Prologue, p. 169

Word	dudgeon
Definition	n. A feeling of offense or resentment.
Sentence	Then he told me how one Latumius Once lamented to his friend Arrius That there was a tree growing in his garden On which, he said, his three wives, out of dudgeon, Had hanged themselves....
Source	The Canterbury Tales, trans. David Wright, The Wife of Bath's Prologue, p. 169

Dudgeon N Feeling Offense Resentment Told Latumius Lamented