curship

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/ˈkɜː(ɹ)ʃɪp/

noun

The state of being a cur

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Meanings

nouncurship (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe state of being a cur
  2. uncountablesomeone who is currish.

    How durst he, I say, oppose thy curship!

    1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC

Origin

From cur + -ship.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with curship

worship
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Cite this entry
APA

curship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curship

MLA

“curship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curship.

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