currish

  • 1Currish — Cur rish (k?r r?sh), a. [From {Cur}.] Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal. [1913 Webster] Thy currish spirit Governed a wolf. Shak …

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  • 2currish — index caitiff Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3currish — [kʉr′ish] adj. of or resembling a cur; bad tempered; mean; ill bred currishly adv …

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  • 4currish — adjective a) Pertaining to a cur or mongrel. more enfierced through his currish play, / Him sternely grypt, and haling to and fro, / To ouerthrow him strongly did assay [...]. b) Figuratively cur like; ignoble, mean spirited …

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  • 5currish — adjective Date: 15th century 1. ignoble 2. resembling a cur ; mongrel • currishly adverb …

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  • 6currish — currishly, adv. currishness, n. /kerr ish/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a cur. 2. curlike; snarling; quarrelsome. 3. contemptible; base. [1425 75; late ME kuresshe. See CUR, ISH1] * * * …

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  • 7currish — adj. of or pertaining to a cur; snarling, rude; base, cowardly …

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  • 8currish — [ kə:rɪʃ] adjective archaic like a cur; bad tempered. Derivatives currishly adverb currishness noun …

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  • 9currish — cur·rish …

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  • 10currish — cur•rish [[t]ˈkɜr ɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) of or resembling a cur; snarling 2) contemptible; base • Etymology: 1425–75 cur′rish•ly, adv. cur′rish•ness, n …

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