Blueridge Believer
Puritan Board Professor
In the last few days of battling the flu along with trying to help family with legal problems I have learned some new words for my vocabulary, especially when having to deal with some in the legal and law enforcement side. Pray for me brethren. I am at wits end.
RAKE, n.
A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a man addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices.
rakeshame
RA'KESHAME, n. A vile dissolute wretch.
churl
CHURL, n.
1. A rude, surly, ill-bred man.
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churlish
CHURLISH, a.
1. Rude; surly; austere; sullen; rough in temper; unfeeling; uncivil.
2. Selfish; narrow-minded; avaricious.
3. [Of things.] Unpliant; unyielding; cross-grained; harsh; unmanageable; as churlish metal.
4. Hard; firm; as a churlish knot.
5. Obstinate; as a churlish war.
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churlishly
CHURLISHLY, adv. Rudely; roughly; in a churlish manner.
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churlishness
CHURLISHNESS, n. Rudeness of manners or temper, but generally the word refers to the temper or disposition of mind; sullenness; austerity; indisposition to kindness or courtesy.
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churly
CHURLY, a. Rude; boisterous.
RAKE, n.
A loose, disorderly, vicious man; a man addicted to lewdness and other scandalous vices.
rakeshame
RA'KESHAME, n. A vile dissolute wretch.
churl
CHURL, n.
1. A rude, surly, ill-bred man.
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churlish
CHURLISH, a.
1. Rude; surly; austere; sullen; rough in temper; unfeeling; uncivil.
2. Selfish; narrow-minded; avaricious.
3. [Of things.] Unpliant; unyielding; cross-grained; harsh; unmanageable; as churlish metal.
4. Hard; firm; as a churlish knot.
5. Obstinate; as a churlish war.
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churlishly
CHURLISHLY, adv. Rudely; roughly; in a churlish manner.
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churlishness
CHURLISHNESS, n. Rudeness of manners or temper, but generally the word refers to the temper or disposition of mind; sullenness; austerity; indisposition to kindness or courtesy.
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churly
CHURLY, a. Rude; boisterous.