Curry Definition
- To seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery.
- to try to win favor by flattery, fawning, etc.
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Origin of Curry
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Middle English curreien from Anglo-Norman curreier to arrange, curry from Vulgar Latin conrēdāre Latin com- com- Vulgar Latin -rēdāre to make ready (of Germanic origin reidh- in Indo-European roots) Curry favor, by folk etymology from Middle English currayen favel from Old French correier fauvel to curry a fallow-colored horse, be hypocritical (from the fallow horse as a medieval symbol of deceit)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kari), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from French cuire (“to cook”) (from which also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere, present active infinitive of coquō.
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From Middle English currayen, from Old French correer 'to prepare', presumably from Vulgar Latin conredare, from com- (a form of con- 'together') + some Germanic base verb
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Possibly derived from currier, a common 16-18th century form of courier, as if to ride post, to post. Possibly influenced by scurry.
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Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.
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From Haskell Curry, a computer scientist
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Tamil kaṟi
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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