[f. as prec. + -NESS.] Currish condition or quality.
1542. Udall, Erasm. Apophth., 68 b, marg. Thei [Cynics] did with their foule mouthes represente the curryshenesse of doggues.
1627–77. Feltham, Resolves, II. lxix. 306 (R.). Diogenes … by his currishness got him the name of Dog.
1824. Galt, Rothelan, I. II. vi. 199. The natural currishness of their temperament.
