See cur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"roman": "Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.",
"text": "A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell\nThen Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;\nWherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,"
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"text": "you have many enemies, that know not why they are so, but, like to village-curs, bark when their fellows do.",
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"ref": "1897, Joseph Conrad, “II”, in An Outpost of Progress:",
"text": "He threw the soapsuds skilfully over a wretched little yellow cur he had, then turning his face to the agent's house, he shouted from the distance, \"All the men gone last night!\"",
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "querie",
"t": "female dog, bitch"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”)",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English curre (“watchdog, small hunting dog, mongrel, mutt”), perhaps of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin. Compare Middle Dutch corre (“domestic dog, yard dog, watch-dog”), dialectal Dutch korre (“dog, yard dog”), dialectal Swedish kurre (“a dog”). Compare also Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”), Middle Low German kurren, korren (“to growl”). Compare also Middle Dutch querie (“female dog, bitch”).\nAlso Irish and Scottish Gaelic",
"forms": [
{
"form": "curs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cur (plural curs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "bitsa"
},
{
"word": "bitser"
},
{
"word": "mongrel"
},
{
"word": "mutt"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English humorous terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.",
"roman": "Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.",
"text": "A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell\nThen Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;\nWherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,"
},
{
"ref": "1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:",
"text": "you have many enemies, that know not why they are so, but, like to village-curs, bark when their fellows do.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1897, Joseph Conrad, “II”, in An Outpost of Progress:",
"text": "He threw the soapsuds skilfully over a wretched little yellow cur he had, then turning his face to the agent's house, he shouted from the distance, \"All the men gone last night!\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 25”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:",
"text": "\"You have no more spirit than a mongrel cur. You lie down on the ground and ask people to trample on you.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A contemptible or inferior dog."
],
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"contemptible",
"contemptible"
],
[
"inferior",
"inferior"
],
[
"dog",
"dog"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"humorous"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English humorous terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:",
"text": "This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I have not the power to muzzle him.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page vi. 54:",
"text": "\"Who 's a cur - now - hey?\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A detestable person."
],
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"detestable",
"detestable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated or humorous) A detestable person."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"humorous"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɜː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɝ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "Kerr"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pes",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пес"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomijar",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "помияр"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "køter"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mormel"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"word": "hundaĉo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"word": "rakki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"word": "piski"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clébard"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "corniaud"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "roquet"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clebs"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tus"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tisco"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuzo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "quisquelo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Köter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koprítis",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κοπρίτης"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "korcs kutya"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amhsán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amhsóg"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lángač",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ла́нгач"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjøter"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kundel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vira-lata"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"word": "rafeiro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "javră"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potaie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvornjaga",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"word": "дворняга"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šávka",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"word": "ша́вка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chucho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"Chile"
],
"word": "quiltro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "byracka"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "keylev",
"sense": "contemptible dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כּלבֿ"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sjover"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hondsvot"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "detestable person",
"word": "lurjus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chien"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "roquet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Köter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koprítis",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κοπρίτης"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "suarachán"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maistín"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "draoidín"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scelestus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "lángač",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ла́нгач"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "detestable person",
"word": "dogge"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šávka",
"sense": "detestable person",
"word": "ша́вка"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "keylev",
"sense": "detestable person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "כּלבֿ"
}
],
"word": "cur"
}
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