Reply Churlish
Preserved but no longer current.
Sir, you are no ' opinion has no weight with me. Or to use Touchstone's illustration Us You Like It v 4) "If a courtier tell me my beard is not wel cut and I disable his judgment, I give ^ the rep y churlish, which is the fifth remove from the lie direct, or, rather, the He direct m the fifth degree " Reproof Valiant.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Reply Churlish” mean?
Sir, you are no ' opinion has no weight with me. Or to use Touchstone's illustration Us You Like It v 4) "If a courtier tell me my beard is not wel cut and I disable his judgment, I give ^ the rep y churlish, which is the fifth remove from the lie direct, or, rather, the He direct m the fifth degree " Reproof Valiant.
Is “Reply Churlish” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.