currish
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a cur.
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curlike; snarling; quarrelsome.
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contemptible; base.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- currishly adverb
- currishness noun
Etymology
Origin of currish
First recorded in 1425–75, currish is from the late Middle English word kuresshe. See cur, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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It is a currish thing to look upon death in battle or by hara-kiri as a pollution: this is a thing to bear in mind.
From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron
Were you one of this currish crew?"—pride pursed his lip, As firm as bandog's, brought the bull to bay— While answered he: "I fought with others.
From Poems by Hugo, Victor
There was no craven slinking, there were no currish snarls.
From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell
Then I saw a thousand faces made currish by the cold, whence shuddering comes to me, and will always come, at frozen pools.
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell by Norton, Charles Eliot
Such rival Leos flourish, And mutual hatred nourish, With a snapping almost currish, upon Afric's shore.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 2, 1891 by Various
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