churlish
adj/ˈtʃɜːlɪʃ/UK/ˈt͡ʃɝːlɪʃ/US
Etymology
From Middle English churlysshe, cherlissh, from late Old English ċeorlisċ, ċierlisċ (“of or pertaining to churls”), equivalent to churl + -ish.
- inherited from ċeorlisċ
- inherited from churlysshe
Definitions
Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
- […] the eloquence and truth of his tribute stands in marked contrast to Kramer's churlish caricature of Kael as a happy pig wallowing in the dirt.
Rude, surly, ungracious.
- [A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]
Stingy or grudging.
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Difficult to till, lacking pliancy
Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
- 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread, And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.
The neighborhood
- neighborchurl
- neighborchurldom
- neighborchurled
- neighborchurlhood
- neighborchurlishly
- neighborchurlishness
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for churlish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA