The Collaborative International Dictionary
Currishness
Currish \Cur"rish\ (k?r"r?sh), a. [From Cur.] Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal.
Thy currish spirit
Governed a wolf.
--Shak.
Some currish plot, -- some trick.
--Lockhart.
-- Cur"rish*ly, adv. -- Cur"rish*ness, n.
Wiktionary
currishness
n. The state or quality of being currish.
Usage examples of "currishness".
He had made handsome acknowledgment of a handsome apology, stung to it by the currishness of Richard.