curmudgeon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

WordNet

Cur*mudg"eon noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
    A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro. W. Irving.

Webster 1913