Currishness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Currish \Cur"rish\ (k?r"r?sh), a. [From {Cur}.]
     Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a
     cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also
     malicious; malignant; brutal.
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           Thy currish spirit
           Governed a wolf.                         --Shak.
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           Some currish plot, -- some trick.        --Lockhart.
     -- {Cur"rish*ly}, adv. -- {Cur"rish*ness}, n.
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