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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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
"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
True to his low, currish nature, he crept upon us unawares.
From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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
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