Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Currish or snarling character or disposition; snappishness; churlishness.
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- noun The state or quality of being
currish .
Etymologies
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Examples
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American sense, as indicating a blend of currishness and crabbedness.
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He had made handsome acknowledgment of a handsome apology, stung to it by the currishness of
Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912
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In our own day certain ways of thinking, culminating in development of the _Moi_ and production of the _Uebermensch_, and general self-engrossment and currishness, are peculiarly hostile to courtship.
Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life Vernon Lee 1895
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All the viciousness and currishness seem to have been weeded out of him; he seldom quarrels, or fights, or plays, like other dogs.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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All the viciousness and currishness seem to have been weeded out of him; he seldom quarrels, or fights, or plays, like other dogs.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879
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