Cur Definition

kûr
curs
noun
curs
A dog of mixed breed; mongrel.
Webster's New World
A mean, contemptible person.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Currency.
Webster's New World
Current.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cur

Noun

Singular:
cur
Plural:
curs

Origin of Cur

  • From Middle English curre (compare Middle Dutch corre (“house dog”)), shortened from Middle English curdogge or kurdogge, a compound whose second element is clearly dogge (“dog”). The first element is probably from Old Norse kurra (“to growl, grumble”) and related to Middle Low German korren (“to growl”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English curre perhaps of Scandinavian origin gerə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cur Sentence Examples

  • The dioceses are divided into parishes each under a parish priest known as a cur or desservant (incumbent).

  • The last design they were at work upon represented the Moulin joli, the house of Marguerite, with the device Cur valle permutem Sabina divitias operosiores?

  • The Christological theory of satisfaction expounded in the Cur Deus Homo falls beyond the scope of the present article.

  • The only chore left is to put down this bothersome cur that has so dogged me these many months.

  • Why, no, you ruinous butt; you whoreson indistinguishable cur, no.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUR

Words Ending With

RURCUR

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Words Starting With C and Ending With R

Starts With C & Ends With RStarts With CU & Ends With RStarts With C & Ends With UR

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With C3 Letter Words Ending With R