Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon (k?r-m?j"?n) , noun
[Old English cornmudgin, where -mudgin is prob. from Old French muchier, mucier, French musser to hide; of uncertain origin; compare Old English muchares skulking thieves, English miche, micher.]
An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro.