Curate's Egg Definition

kyo͝orĭts
noun
Something that has both good and bad characteristics or parts.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Curate's Egg

Noun

Singular:
curate's egg
Plural:
curates-eggs

Origin of Curate's Egg

  • From a cartoon published in the British humor magazine Punch in 1895 about a curate who, having been served a bad egg by his bishop, said that parts of it were excellent

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From an 1895 cartoon in Punch, in which a timid curate assures his host, the bishop, that "parts" of his bad egg are excellent.

    From Wiktionary

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