churlish.
Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
Meaning & usage
Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.
Rude, surly, ungracious.
Stingy or grudging.
Difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-West Germanic *karil Old English ċeorl Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Old English ċeorlisċ Middle English cherlisch English churlish From Middle English cherlisch, cherlissh, from late Old English ċeorlisċ, ċierlisċ (“of or pertaining to churls”), equivalent to churl + -ish. Piecewise doublet of ceorlish.
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