carlishadj.
/ˈkɑːlɪʃ/ Of or pertaining to a carl or carls; churlish, clownish, vulgar, coarse; rude, mean.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adjective] > surly
carlisha1240
churlishc1405
rustyc1485
ladlike1508
crabbed1535
chumpisha1586
curmudgeonly1590
bear-like1593
bearish1646
surly1670
gruff1691
chuffya1700
gurly1721
ramgunshoch1721
churled18..
gruffy1802
ursine1827
chuff1832
ursal1837
churly1863
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [adjective]
carlisha1240
lewdc1380
carlc1450
villain1483
ruffian1528
shake-ragged1550
porterlike1568
popular1583
ungracious1584
ordinarya1586
tapsterly1589
mechanic1598
round-headed1598
base-like1600
strummell-patch1600
porterly1603
scrubbing1603
vernaculous1607
plebeian1615
reptile1653
proletarian1663
mobbish1695
low1725
terraefilial1745
low-lifed1747
Whitechapel1785
lowlife1794
boweryish1846
gutter1849
bowery1852
lowish1886
swab1914
lumpen1944
a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 273 Ne þole me neauer mi luue nohwer to sette o karlische þinges.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 77 Chorlysche or carlysche, rusticanus.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 179v At suche a carlishe aunswer.
1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow ii. 18 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 297 This carlage man this foirsaid colkelbe.
?a1600 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Cambr.) l. 86 in C. Horstmann Barbour's Legendensammlung (1882) II. 219 Hyme lykis erare to be Carlyche þane curtase.
a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 245 When a poore Dauid, as it were, would borrow a sheep of carlish Nabal.
1803 W. S. Rose tr. Amadis de Gaule 78 Two carlish knights stood by.
Derivatives
ˈcarlishness n.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > surliness
churlnessa1500
churlishness1528
carlishness1552
surliness1587
insuavity1624
gruffness1691
chuffiness1731
bearishness1740
beardom1840
gruffiness1865
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Carlishnes or churlyshnes, rusticitas.
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