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.
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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 seems a currish fate that puts such men into the grasp of paltry and sordid cares like these!
From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons
She practised the arts that breeders would use, who aimed at creating ferocious, currish, and stupid nature.
From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman
"Of a dog; currish," is the definition which we get from Johnson,—quite correctly, and in accordance with its etymology.
From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony
Our ears are first assailed by a few shrill, currish barks at intervals, like the outpost firing of skirmishing parties.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Let Aesop fable in a winter's night; His currish riddle sorts not with this place.
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William
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