CURRISH

currish

(adjective) resembling a cur; snarling and rude

currish

(adjective) base and cowardly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

currish (comparative more currish, superlative most currish)

Pertaining to a cur or mongrel.

(now rare) Ignoble, mean-spirited.

Synonyms

• doggish

Anagrams

• cirrhus

Source: Wiktionary


Cur"rish (kr"rsh), a. Etym: [From Cur.]

Definition: Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal. Thy currish spirit Governed a wolf. Shak. Some currish plot, -- some trick. Lockhart.

– Cur"rish*ly, adv.

– Cur"rish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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