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Definition of Currish
1. Adjective. Base and cowardly.
2. Adjective. Resembling a cur; snarling and rude.
Definition of Currish
1. a. Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal.
Definition of Currish
1. Adjective. Pertaining to a cur or mongrel. ¹
2. Adjective. (figuratively) ignoble, mean-spirited. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Currish
1. resembling a cur [adj] - See also: cur
Lexicographical Neighbors of Currish
Literary usage of Currish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"Ye died not all together in one fair battle so ; " Some currish plot, some
trick (God wot,) hath laid you all so low, Not all the misbelievers ever prick'd ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In a currish manner ; like a cur. Boner lieing restored againe, . ... currish or
snarling character or disposition ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1881)
"(Fr.) (2) A currish worthless person. (3) The bull-head. Etat. CURAT. The cuirass.
... A waggon train, ll'et/er. CURRIED. Wrought, as steel is. currish. ..."
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