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Definition of currish in English: currishadjective ˈkəːrɪʃˈkərɪʃ archaic Bad-tempered or quarrelsome.
Derivatives adverb archaic Certainly, no dog, however currishly inclined, can with the least justice bark the old bark of ‘echo‘against them.
noun archaic All the viciousness and currishness seem to have been weeded out of him; he seldom quarrels, or fights, or plays, like other dogs. Example sentencesExamples - Notwithstanding his currishness and the cowardly ferocity which comes out with the night, there is something definite about him.
Origin Late Middle English: from cur + -ish. Definition of currish in US English: currishadjectiveˈkərɪʃˈkəriSH archaic Bad-tempered or quarrelsome.
Origin Late Middle English: from cur + -ish. |