currish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite base and cowardly
  2. adjective satellite resembling a cur; snarling and rude

WordNet


Cur"rish adjective
Etymology
From Cur.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913