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currish

[kur-ish]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a cur.

  2. curlike; snarling; quarrelsome.

  3. contemptible; base.



currish

/ ˈɜːɪʃ /

adjective

  1. of or like a cur; rude or bad-tempered

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Other Word Forms

  • currishly adverb
  • currishness noun
  • ˈܰ adverb
  • ˈܰԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of currish1

First recorded in 1425–75, currish is from the late Middle English word kuresshe. See cur, -ish 1
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A lank, ugly cur, of unassignable breed, but unmistakably currish—a rank, unmitigated cur, with melancholy visage and moist eyes—returned the look.

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As one well-fed dog is sure to be snarlish to a poorer brother—poor human nature—this currish principle is but too true when applied to us.

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All ferocity suddenly died out, leaving only alarm, a desperate, currish terror.

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"The lives of all that faithful be, This good day, will I spare; But wo betide or kings or boors, That currish Christians are!"

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O people currish, churlish as their seas— He rejoices he leaves them, never to return till “rocks shall turn to rivers.”

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