Inflected forms: cur·ried, cur·ry·ing, cur·ries 1. To groom (a horse) with a currycomb. 2. To prepare (tanned hides) for use, as by soaking or coloring.
IDIOM:
curry favor To seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English curreien, from Anglo-Norman curreier, to arrange, curry, from Vulgar Latin *conrdre : Latin com-, com- + Vulgar Latin *-rdre, to make ready (of Germanic origin; see reidh- in Appendix I). 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).
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