curmudgeon

• n.機嫌の悪い人、いたずら好きな人；守銭奴；悪意のある人

語源は不明だが、おそらくcur、駄犬、mudge、吠え声から。

curmudgeon (n.)

1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from French coeur mechant "evil heart" is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur "dog." Liberman says the word "must have been borrowed from Gaelic (and references muigean "disagreeable person"), with variant spelling of intensive prefix ker-. Related: Curmudgeonly.

1. The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.

その老守銭奴は新しいスケープゴートを見つけて、私は身を引いた.

2.The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.

性格の悪い老人たちが親の子育て責任についてべらべらしゃべる妨害的な効果。