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churl
(encz) | churl,hulvát n: Zdeněk Brož |
churl
(encz) | churl,neotesanec n: Zdeněk Brož |
churl
(encz) | churl,venkovan n: Zdeněk Brož |
Churl
(gcide) | Churl \Churl\, a.
Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] --Ford.
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Churl
(gcide) | Churl \Churl\, n. [AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man,
husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl,
Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man,
male), and perh. to Skr. j[=a]ra lover. Cf. Carl,
Charles's Wain.]
1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. "A peasant or churl."
--Spenser.
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Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth
Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. --Emerson.
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2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.
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A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain
or falsehood. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.
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Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf.
--Drayton.
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churl
(wn) | churl
n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or
refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl,
Goth, tyke, tike]
2: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn:
niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]
3: a bad-tempered person [syn: grouch, grump, crank,
churl, crosspatch] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
churl
(encz) | churl,hulvát n: Zdeněk Brožchurl,neotesanec n: Zdeněk Brožchurl,venkovan n: Zdeněk Brož |
churlish
(encz) | churlish,hulvátský adj: Zdeněk Brožchurlish,nevychovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
churlishly
(encz) | churlishly,neomaleně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
churlishness
(encz) | churlishness,neomalenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Churlish
(gcide) | Churlish \Churl"ish\, a.
1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly;
illiberal; niggardly. "Churlish benefits." --Ld. Burleigh.
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Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. --Cowper.
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2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily
wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable
nature of some minerals. --Boyle.
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Churlishly
(gcide) | Churlishly \Churl"ish*ly\, adv.
In a churlish manner.
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Churlishness
(gcide) | Churlishness \Churl"ish*ness\, n.
Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.
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Churly
(gcide) | Churly \Churl"y\, a.
Rude; churlish; violent. --Longfellow.
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churl
(wn) | churl
n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or
refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl,
Goth, tyke, tike]
2: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn:
niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]
3: a bad-tempered person [syn: grouch, grump, crank,
churl, crosspatch] |
churlish
(wn) | churlish
adj 1: rude and boorish
2: having a bad disposition; surly; "churlish as a bear"-
Shakespeare |
churlishly
(wn) | churlishly
adv 1: in a churlish manner; "the store owner treated his
customers churlishly" [syn: churlishly, surlily] |
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