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currish

[ kur-ish ]

/ ˈkɜr ɪʃ /

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adjective

of or relating to a cur.

curlike; snarling; quarrelsome.

contemptible; base.

Origin of currish

First recorded in 1425–75, currish is from the late Middle English word kuresshe. See cur, -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM currish

cur·rish·ly, adverb cur·rish·ness, noun

Words nearby currish

currie, currier, currier and ives, curriery, currijong, currish, curry, curry favor, curry leaf, curry powder, curry puff

Example sentences from the Web for currish

England owed all its great men to Ireland and was currish enough never to acknowledge the debt.

Clementina |A.E.W. Mason
Mastin, a mastiue or bandog; a great country curre; also a rude, filthie, currish or cruell fellow.

The Master of Game |Second Duke of York, Edward
It was a currish image, suggestive of the choicest satisfaction.

Heart |Martin Farquhar Tupper
The last sort of dogs consisteth of the currish kind meet for many toys, of which the whappet or prick-eared cur is one.

Elizabethan England |William Harrison

Why should you stand between me and my rights in this currish way?

Vice Versa |F. Anstey

British Dictionary definitions for currish

currish

/ (ˈkɜːrɪʃ) /

adjective

of or like a cur; rude or bad-tempered

Derived forms of currish

currishly, adverb currishness, noun