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curry

UK/ˈkʊ.ɹi/ US/ˈkʌ.ɹi/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

1.

(East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice

verb

1.

season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

2.

treat by incorporating fat

  • “curry tanned leather”
3.

give a neat appearance to

  • “groom the dogs”
  • “dress the horses”
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Origin

1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (whence also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere. Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.

Phrases

  • curry bread
  • curry chip
  • Curry County
  • curry favor
  • curry house
  • curry leaf
  • Curry Mallet
  • Curry Mile
  • curry muncher
  • curry nigger
  • curry paste
  • Curry Rivel

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