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Webster 1913 Edition

Curst

Curst

(k?rst)
,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Curse
.

Curst

,
Adj.
[See
Curse
.]
Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling.
[Obs.]
Though his mind
Be ne’er so
curst
, his tonque is kind.
Crashaw.

Webster 1828 Edition

Curst

CURST

,
pp.
of curse. [See Cursed.]

CURST

,
Adj.
Hateful; detestable; froward; tormenting; vexatious; peevish; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling; a word however which can be hardly said to have a definite signification. It is applied to any thing vexatious. In some of its applications in old authors, ti appears to be the Dutch korst, crust, and to signify crusty, crabbed, surly.

Definition 2024

curst

curst

English

Adjective

curst ‎(comparative curster, superlative curstest)

  1. Archaic spelling of cursed.
    • 2011, Sabrina Jeffries, How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (fiction), Simon and Schuster, ISBN 9781439167588, page 350:
      “Stay back!" She swung the sword at him, praying she could actually use the curst thing.

Verb

curst

  1. Archaic spelling of cursed.; simple past tense and past participle of curse
    • 2009 April 18, Lavannah, “Big, Broad, Flexible Religion (comment)”, in The Gods Are Bored, retrieved 2013-05-13:
      But alas, we are at the far north end of NJ-and our younger daughter has the thrice curst SATs on Saturday.

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