churly

adj
/ˈtʃɜːli/UK/ˈt͡ʃɝli/US

Etymology

From Middle English cherly, cherlich, cherllich, charlyche, equivalent to churl + -ly, but often interpreted as churl + -y. Compare English churlish.

  1. inherited from cherly

Definitions

  1. rude

    rude; churlish; violent

    • He was the churliest of the churls; Little he cared for king or earls; Bitter as home-brewed ale were his foaming passions

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for churly. 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